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Methodist Politicians in Massachusetts

  John Alfred McDowell Adair (1864-1938) — also known as John A. M. Adair — of Portland, Jay County, Ind. Born near Portland, Jay County, Ind., December 22, 1864. Democrat. Merchant; banker; manufacturer; Jay County Clerk, 1891-95; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S. Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1907-17; defeated, 1924; candidate for Governor of Indiana, 1916. Methodist. Died in Portland, Jay County, Ind., October 5, 1938 (age 73 years, 287 days). Interment at Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of James G. Adair and Sarah A. (Hutson) Adair; married, October 21, 1891, to Grace R. Johnson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Franklin Anderson (1860-1944) — also known as William F. Anderson — of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Winter Park, Orange County, Fla. Born near Morgantown, Monongalia County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 22, 1860. Republican. Minister; Methodist bishop of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1908-12, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912-24, and Boston, Mass., 1924-32; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1924 ; acting president, Boston University, 1925-26. Methodist. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons. Died in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Barnstable County, Mass., July 22, 1944 (age 84 years, 91 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Anderson and Elizabeth (Coombs) Anderson; married, June 9, 1887, to Jennie Lulah Ketcham.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Louis Albert Banks (b. 1851) — also known as Louis A. Banks — Born in Corvallis, Benton County, Ore., 1851. Lawyer; minister; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1893; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1893. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
John L. Bates John Lewis Bates (1859-1946) — also known as John L. Bates — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass., September 18, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1894-99; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1897-99; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1900-03; Governor of Massachusetts, 1903-05; defeated, 1904; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19. Methodist. Member, Beta Theta Pi; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died June 8, 1946 (age 86 years, 263 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Lewis Benton Bates and Louisa D. (Field) Bates; married, July 12, 1887, to Clara Elizabeth Smith.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1902
  Charles R. Burnham (1892-1968) — of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind. Born in Athol, Worcester County, Mass., April 18, 1892. Republican. Mayor of West Lafayette, Ind., 1943-44, 1950-55. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in December, 1968 (age 76 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) — also known as Tunis G. Campbell — of McIntosh County, Ga. Born in Middlebrook (unknown county), N.J., April 1, 1812. Minister; abolitionist; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Georgia state senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872; expelled from the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim that only whites could serve; charged with falsely imprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served a year of hard labor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system. Methodist. African ancestry. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 4, 1891 (age 79 years, 247 days). Burial location unknown.
  Phillips E. Chase (b. 1832) — of Mechanicsville, Mt. Holly, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Athol, Worcester County, Mass., October 21, 1832. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; manufacturer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Mt. Holly, 1872; member of Vermont state senate from Rutland County, 1886. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Russell Clason (1890-1985) — also known as Charles R. Clason — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, September 3, 1890. Republican. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1937-49; defeated, 1934, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1956, 1960. Methodist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., July 7, 1985 (age 94 years, 307 days). Interment at Longmeadow Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Barrett Clason and Lizzie Julia (Trott) Clason; married, August 4, 1928, to Emma M. Pattillo.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Walter F. Clayton (b. 1865) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., 1865. Republican. Architect; builder; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1921-25. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Morrill Ingalls Davis (1841-1930) — of Kansas. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 2, 1841. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1901-03. Methodist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Turlock, Stanislaus County, Calif., May 29, 1930 (age 89 years, 27 days). Interment at Turlock Cemetery, Turlock, Calif.
  Charles H. Ford (b. 1845) — of Victory, Essex County, Vt. Born in Holden, Worcester County, Mass., October 11, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Victory, 1888. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
Samuel L. Gracey Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) — also known as Samuel L. Gracey — of Smyrna, Kent County, Del.; Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I.; Chelsea, Suffolk County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Natick, Middlesex County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 8, 1835. Methodist minister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in Foochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911. Methodist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died by suicide, when he cut his throat with a razor, in the West Newton Sanitarium, West Newton, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., August 19, 1911 (age 75 years, 345 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of John Gracey and Ann Elizabeth Bartram (Leech) Gracey; married, November 21, 1860, to Leonora Thompson; married, January 15, 1900, to Cordania Elizabeth 'Corda' (Perkins) Pratt; father of Spencer Pettis Gracey and Wilbur Tirrell Gracey.
  Political family: Gracey family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  Epitaph: "Soldier - Clergyman - Diplomat"
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Washington Evening Srar, June 25, 1911
  George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) — also known as George R. Grose — of Leicester, Worcester County, Mass.; Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex County, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Greencastle, Putnam County, Ind.; Peiping (Beijing), China; Altadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Nicholas County, W.Va., July 14, 1869. Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ; president, DePauw University, 1912-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29; religious editor, Pasadena Star-News. Methodist. Died in Altadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 6, 1953 (age 83 years, 296 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew Dixon Grose and Mary Estaline (Harrah) Grose; married, June 28, 1894, to Lucy Dickerson.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Joshua Hall Joshua Hall (1768-1862) — of Frankfort, Waldo County, Maine. Born in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., October 22, 1768. Minister; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1814, 1816, 1818-19; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1820-21; Governor of Maine, 1830. Methodist. Died December 25, 1862 (age 94 years, 64 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Image source: Maine State Archives/Maine Historical Society
  Parker Thompson Hart (1910-1997) — also known as Parker T. Hart — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Medford, Middlesex County, Mass., September 28, 1910. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vienna, 1938-39; Pará, 1940-43; Wellington, as of 1943; Cairo, as of 1944; Jidda, as of 1944; U.S. Consul in Dhahran, as of 1945; U.S. Consul General in Dhahran, as of 1949; Damascus, as of 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961-65; Yemen, 1961-62; Kuwait, 1962-63; Turkey, 1965-68. Methodist. Member, Phi Kappa Sigma. Died in 1997 (age about 86 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Parker Hart and Ella Louisa (Thompson) Hart; married, April 23, 1949, to Jane Constance Smiley.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Edward Higgins (d. 1919) — of Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts. Clergyman; U.S. Consul in Berne, 1903-05; Stuttgart, as of 1914-16; Bahia, 1916-19. Methodist. Died November 17, 1919. Burial location unknown.
  Ellen M. Jackson (b. 1935) — of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 29, 1935. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968 (alternate), 1972. Female. African Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Still living as of 1973.
  Relatives: Daughter of David Swepson and Marguerite (Booker) Swepson; married to Hugh L. Jackson.
J. Ralph Magee Junius Ralph Magee (1880-1970) — also known as J. Ralph Magee — of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa; Falmouth, Barnstable County, Mass.; Taunton, Bristol County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn.; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, June 3, 1880. Democrat. Minister; bishop; president ad interim, Hamline University, 1933-34; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1952. Methodist. Died, in a convalescent home at Morton Grove, Cook County, Ill., December 19, 1970 (age 90 years, 199 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Calvin Magee and Jane Amelia (Cole) Magee; married, September 10, 1902, to Harriet Ammie Keeler.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Chicago Tribune, December 20, 1970
Henry C. Payne Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) — also known as Henry C. Payne — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Ashfield, Franklin County, Mass., November 23, 1843. Republican. Postmaster at Milwaukee, Wis., 1876-85; president, Wisconsin Telephone Company; president, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company; president, American Street Railway Association; receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad; member of Republican National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin Republican state chair, 1892; U.S. Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904. Methodist. Died in Washington, D.C., October 4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
  Presumably named for: Henry Clay
  Relatives: Son of Orrin P. Payne and Eliza (Ames) Payne; married, October 15, 1867, to Lydia W. Van Dyke.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry C. Payne (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1967) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, January 1902
George Edward Reed George Edward Reed (1846-1930) — also known as "The Grand Old Man" — of Willimantic, Windham County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Brownville, Piscataquis County, Maine, March 28, 1846. Republican. Minister; president, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900. Methodist. English ancestry. Died, in Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., February 7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316 days). Interment at Old Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of George Reed and Ann (Hellyer) Reed; married 1870 to Ella Frances Leffingwell; father of George Leffingwell Reed.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of the 19th Congressional District (1897)
  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
Mark R. Shaw Mark Revell Shaw (1889-1978) — also known as Mark R. Shaw — of Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass. Born January 22, 1889. Minister; missionary; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1946, 1952, 1958, 1966, 1970; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1948, 1950, 1956; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1964. Methodist. Died June 4, 1978 (age 89 years, 133 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Prohibitionists.org
  Jacob Sleeper (c.1802-1889) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Newcastle, Lincoln County, Maine, about 1802. Wholesale clothing business; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1851-52; director, Boston National Bank of Commerce; director, North American Insurance Company. Wesleyan. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 31, 1889 (age about 87 years). Burial location unknown.
  Robert Lee Smith (b. 1860) — also known as Robert L. Smith — of Stannard, Caledonia County, Vt. Born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass., October 14, 1860. Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Stannard, 1888. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  Robert Alphonso Taft III (b. 1942) — also known as Bob Taft — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 8, 1942. Republican. Served in the Peace Corps; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1977-81; Hamilton County Commissioner, 1981-90; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1986; secretary of state of Ohio, 1991-99; Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 2004; in 2005, he pleaded no contest to four misdemeanors involving failure to disclose gifts, and was fined $4,000; subsequently reprimanded by the Ohio Supreme Court. Methodist. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Taft Jr.; married to Hope Rothert; nephew of William Howard Taft III; grandson of Robert Alphonso Taft; grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft II; great-grandson of William Howard Taft and Helen Herron Taft; great-grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; second great-grandson of Alphonso Taft and John Williamson Herron; second great-grandnephew of William Collins; third great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft and Ela Collins; first cousin once removed of Seth Chase Taft; first cousin twice removed of Walbridge S. Taft and Frederick Lippitt; second cousin five times removed of Willard J. Chapin; distant relative *** of Ezra Taft Benson.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Charles Taylor (1819-1897) — of Millersburg, Bourbon County, Ky.; Covington, Kenton County, Ky. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 15, 1819. Democrat. Minister; missionary; president, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1866-70; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1880. Methodist. Died in Courtland, Lawrence County, Ala., February 5, 1897 (age 77 years, 143 days). Interment at Courtland Cemetery, Courtland, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Oliver Swayne Taylor and Catherine Gould (Parsons) Taylor; married, December 27, 1846, to Charlotte Gamewell.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Humphrey Tucker (b. 1923) — also known as William H. Tucker — of Harwich Port, Harwich, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 8, 1923. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1961-67. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William H. Tucker and Marion (Thomas) Tucker; married, June 19, 1948, to Caroline E. Aitken.
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
  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
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