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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March
16, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Harry B. Albro (b. 1887) —
of Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Pontiac, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., January
21, 1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1940; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948.
Member, Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Phineas Allen —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1840,
1864.
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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William Stickney Allen (1805-1868) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., April, 1805.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1832; secretary
of New Mexico Territory, 1851.
Died in Franklin
County, Mo., June 16,
1868 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Henry Hersey Andrew (b. 1858) —
also known as Henry H. Andrew —
of Union, Monroe
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Harris Anthony (b. 1863) —
also known as Benjamin H. Anthony —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., August
1, 1863.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Anthony and Eliza Le Dieu (Coggeshall) Anthony; married,
September
25, 1888, to Harriet Davis Peirce. |
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John Appleton (1815-1864) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
11, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to
Russia, 1860-61.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
22, 1864 (age 49 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of John White Appleton and Sophia (Williams) Appleton; married 1840 to Susan
Lovering Dodge; nephew of James
Appleton and Nathan
Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Appleton, William
Appleton, Elijah
Livermore Hamlin and Hannibal
Hamlin; first cousin thrice removed of Randolph
Appleton Kidder; second cousin of John
Appleton (1804-1891), Jane
Pierce, Charles
Hamlin and Hannibal
Emery Hamlin; second cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; second cousin twice removed of Arthur
Taggard Appleton and Clarence
Cutting Stetson; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards, Leverett
Saltonstall and Richard
Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin of Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Aaron
Burr, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; fourth cousin of Thomas
Passmore Treadwell; fourth cousin once removed of John
Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas
Appleton, Leonard
White, Jedediah
Sabin, Charles
Robert Sherman, Theodore
Davenport, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Robert
Odiorne Treadwell and George
Pickering Bemis. |
| | | 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). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Denison Baldwin (1809-1883) —
also known as John D. Baldwin —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., September
28, 1809.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1847-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1863-69.
Congregationalist.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 8,
1883 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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John Rodney Ball (b. 1881) —
also known as J. Rodney Ball —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., June 17,
1881.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; president, Lawrence Morris
Plan Bank;
vice-president, Essex Savings Bank;
director, Lawrence Cooperative Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank James Ball and Mary Graves (Mann) Ball; married, February
24, 1909, to Maude R. Peary. |
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Francis Channing Barlow (1834-1896) —
also known as Francis C. Barlow; "The Boy
General" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
19, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; secretary
of state of New York, 1866-67; New York
state attorney general, 1872-73.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from "the grip" (influenza),
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1896 (age 61 years, 84
days).
Interment at Walnut
Street Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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William Emerson Barrett (1858-1906) —
also known as William E. Barrett —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887-93; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1895-99;
defeated, 1893.
Died, from pneumonia,
in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
12, 1906 (age 47 years, 45
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
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Edward P. Barry (b. 1864) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
28, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1907-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1914-15; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Bruce Barton (1886-1967) —
also known as "Advertiser"; "The Advertising
King"; "The Great Repealer" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Robbins, Scott
County, Tenn., August
5, 1886.
Republican. Author;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1937-41; derided by
Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1940; a founder of the Batten, Barton,
Durstine and Osborn (BBDO) advertising
agency.
Congregationalist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1967 (age 80 years, 334
days).
Interment at Rock
Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Mass.
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Frank Arthur Bayrd (b. 1873) —
also known as Frank A. Bayrd —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., September
1, 1873.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904
(alternate), 1908,
1924;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1906-07.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Arthur Bayrd and Adelaide (Breed) Bayrd; married, October
23, 1918, to Lenore Blanche Simpson. |
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Eugene L. Belisle (1859-1932) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Quebec,
March
15, 1859.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in
Limoges, 1906-24.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., May 2,
1932 (age 73 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jay Rogers Benton (1885-1953) —
also known as Jay R. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
18, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-18; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1923-27; insurance
executive.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
3, 1953 (age 68 years, 16
days).
Interment at Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Mass.
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Herman Bernstein (1876-1935) —
Born in Russia,
September
21, 1876.
Author;
translator;
journalist; founder and editor of The Day, Jewish daily
newspaper; published the "Willy-Nicky Correspondence," secret
telegrams between the Kaiser and the Czar, 1918; sued Henry
Ford for libel over anti-Semitic statements published in the
Dearborn Independent newspaper, and won a retraction; author of book
The History of a Lie (1921) which exposed "The Protocols of
the Elders of Zion" as fraudulent; U.S. Minister to Albania, 1930-33.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Zionist
Organization of America.
Died in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
31, 1935 (age 58 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Republican. Newspaper reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Alfred Mitchell Bingham (1905-1998) —
also known as Alfred M. Bingham —
of Salem, New London
County, Conn.; Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1905.
Democrat. Magazine editor; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 29th District, 1941-42; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1952.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
2, 1998 (age 93 years, 255
days).
Interment at Woodbridge Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
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Henry Nichols Blake (1838-1933) —
also known as Henry N. Blake —
of Virginia City, Madison
County, Mont.
Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., June 5,
1838.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; justice of
Montana territorial supreme court, 1875-80; chief
justice of Montana territorial supreme court, 1889; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Montana Territory, 1880;
member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1881-87; chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1889-92.
Died in a hospital
at Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1933 (age 95 years, 177
days).
Interment at Dorchester
North Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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George Francis Booth (1870-1955) —
also known as George F. Booth —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
11, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944.
Congregationalist
or Unitarian.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., September
1, 1955 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Booth and Eliza (Jackson) Booth; married, November
18, 1896, to Minnie L. Welles. |
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Charles Addison Boutelle (1839-1901) —
also known as Charles A. Boutelle —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine, February
9, 1839.
Republican. Shipmaster;
served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1876,
1888
(delegation chair); U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1883-1901 (at-large 1883-85, 4th
District 1885-1901); resigned 1901.
Died in Waverly, Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 21,
1901 (age 62 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Chester Bliss Bowles (1901-1986) —
also known as Chester Bowles —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; advertising
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1949-51; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1951-53, 1963-69; Nepal, 1951-53; , 1961-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1959-61; author.
Unitarian.
Member, Urban
League; Grange;
Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 25,
1986 (age 85 years, 50
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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Beman Brockway (1815-1892) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Southampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
12, 1815.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County 3rd District, 1859; Liberal
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1872.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
16, 1892 (age 77 years, 248
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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John William Brown (c.1867-1941) —
also known as John W. Brown —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Canada,
about 1867.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; carpenter;
labor
organizer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1904; candidate
for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1907; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1910; newspaper columnist.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
While working on his hunting
rifle, it accidentally
discharged, and he died soon after, in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, June 19,
1941 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Lee Brown (d. 1906) —
also known as William L. Brown —
of Montana; Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1872,
1876;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1875; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1884;
member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1890-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1894; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
13, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Henrietta Jeffries. |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Alexander Hamilton Bullock (1816-1882) —
also known as Alexander H. Bullock —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Royalston, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1816.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1845-49, 1862-65; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1862-65; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1849; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1859; defeated (Whig), 1853; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1866-69.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
17, 1882 (age 65 years, 321
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Colin J. Cameron (1879-c.1958) —
of Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Barneys River, Nova
Scotia, August
24, 1879.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; printing
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1936; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944,
1952.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died about 1958 (age about 79
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Cameron and Catherine Jane (MacKenzie) Cameron; married, June 27,
1908, to Della Wingate; father of Catherine Wingate Cameron (who
married of Al Capp). |
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Richard Warner Carlson (b. 1941) —
also known as Richard W. Carlson; Dick Carlson;
Richard Boynton —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
10, 1941.
Newspaper reporter; candidate for mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1984; director, U.S. Information Agency,
1985-86; U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles, 1991-92.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Parker Hale Chandler Jr. (1911-2001) —
also known as John P. H. Chandler, Jr.; "Happy
Jack" —
of Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
6, 1911.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1943; owner, Warner Ski
Area, 1946-62; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1953-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960,
1972,
1980;
member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1961; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1962.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died, in Pleasant View Nursing
Home, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., April
27, 2001 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at New
Waterloo Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
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George Harry Cohen (b. 1892) —
also known as George H. Cohen —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
5, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; magazine editor;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham L. Cohen and Sarah (Grodjiensky) Cohen; married, August
25, 1931, to Pauline Kaufman. |
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John Bernard Colpoys (1876-c.1944) —
also known as John B. Colpoys —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Massachusetts, June 17,
1876.
Democrat. Publisher of weekly newspaper, The Trade
Unionist; president,
Washington (D.C.) Central Labor Union; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, 1934-44.
Died about 1944 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Arthur Conant (1861-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Conant —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 2,
1861.
Democrat. Candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1894; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
journalist; author; economist;
set up the currency system in the Philippine Islands; director of the
Manila Railroad
and the National Bank of
Nicaragua; treasurer of Morton Trust
Company of New York.
Member, American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
July
5, 1915 (age 54 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. Conant and Mary Crawford (Wallace)
Conant. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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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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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928
(speaker);
Honorary
Consul for Japan in Boston,
Mass., 1929; president, Old Colony Trust
Company; director, United Fruit
Co., Revere Sugar Co.,
First National Bank of
Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper); board member,
Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Charles Thomas Daly (b. 1882) —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., March
12, 1882.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of Massachusetts
state senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1935-36.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Augustine Gallet Dauby (1795-1876) —
also known as Augustine G. Dauby —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass., December
17, 1795.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Utica,
N.Y., 1829-49.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
27, 1876 (age 80 years, 346
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander J. D'Auby and Anne (Sweeting) D'Auby; married, January
21, 1818, to Mary E. Parmelee. |
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John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822-1907) —
also known as Bancroft Davis —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
29, 1822.
Lawyer;
newspaper correspondent; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1869; U.S.
Minister to Germany, 1874-77; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1878-82; official reporter, U.S. Supreme
Court, 1883.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1907 (age 84 years, 364
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) —
also known as Gordon E. Dean —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
28, 1905.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; law
professor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair,
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age 52 years, 230
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Sidney Dean (1818-1901) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.; Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
16, 1818.
Minister;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59;
newspaper editor; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1870-71.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1901 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at South
Cemetery, Warren, R.I.
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Samuel William Dexter (1792-1863) —
also known as Samuel W. Dexter —
of Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
18, 1792.
Newspaper publisher; Washtenaw
County Judge, 1826-27; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1831.
Died in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
6, 1863 (age 70 years, 353
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, Mich.
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John Francis Dore (1881-1938) —
also known as John F. Dore —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1881.
Newspaper work; lawyer; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1932-34, 1936-38.
Died, from complications of pneumonia
and influenza,
Seattle, King
County, Wash., April
18, 1938 (age 56 years, 128
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Minnie Ryan Dwight (1873-1957) —
also known as Minnie R. Dwight; Minnie
Ryan —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 22,
1873.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1920-34; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died July 31,
1957 (age 84 years, 39
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Bernardston, Mass.
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Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
15, 1764.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1806-07; member of
Connecticut
council of assistants, 1809-15.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1846 (age 81 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Dwight and Mary (Edwards) Dwight; married to Abigail
Alsop; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; third great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; first cousin of Aaron
Burr and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; second cousin of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; second cousin once removed of Theodore
Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Evert
Harris Kittell; second cousin five times removed of Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge and Greene
Carrier Bronson; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge and Elisha
Hunt Allen; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, William
Chapman Williston, William
Fessenden Allen, Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, Maurice
Lauchlin Wright, George
Landon Ingraham, George
Williston Nash, Charles
Dunsmore Millard, Franklin
Clark Pomeroy and Blanche
M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Noah
Phelps and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Morris
Woodruff, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Silas
Wright Jr., Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, James
Samuel Wadsworth, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March
20, 1812.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
16, 1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March
29, 1868.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine editor; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Francis Eugene Egan (b. 1873) —
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March
24, 1873.
Newspaper reporter; school
teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Asuncion, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (1907-1991) —
also known as Thomas H. Eliot —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 14,
1907.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944.
Unitarian.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
14, 1991 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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James Elliott (1775-1839) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.; Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.; Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., August
18, 1775.
Author;
poet;
lawyer;
postmaster at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1801-03; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1803-09; newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Windham
County Clerk of Court, 1817-35; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1837-38; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1837-39.
Died in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., November
10, 1839 (age 64 years, 84
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Eugene Engley (1851-1910) —
of Colorado.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., 1851.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; Colorado
state attorney general, 1893-94.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Alamosa, Alamosa
County, Colo., April
18, 1910 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Alamosa
Cemetery, Alamosa, Colo.
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George Chandler Fairbanks (1852-1931) —
also known as George C. Fairbanks —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1852.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died April
23, 1931 (age 79 years, 107
days).
Interment at Dell
Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.
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Theodore Sedgwick Fay (1807-1898) —
also known as Theodore S. Fay —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Massachusetts; Berlin, Germany.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1807.
Newspaper editor; novelist;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1853-61.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Berlin, Germany,
November
24, 1898 (age 91 years, 287
days).
Interment at Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.
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Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden (1813-1895) —
also known as C. B. H. Fessenden —
of Utica, Macomb
County, Mich.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 17,
1813.
Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Macomb County, 1842; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853-61; newspaper editor; Bristol
County Sheriff, 1863-69.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
16, 1895 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother of Benjamin
Fessenden; married, June 21,
1842, to Sarah A. H. Fitch; nephew of Nathaniel
Freeman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Allyne Otis; second cousin once removed of Walter
Fessenden; second cousin twice removed of Harrison
Gray Otis; third cousin of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), John
Milton Fessenden and Reuben
Eaton Fenton; third cousin once removed of William
Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen and Joseph
Palmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Asahel
Otis, James
Deering Fessenden, Henry
Nichols Blake, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908), Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden and Desda
Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of James
Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Rawson Taft, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Asa H.
Otis and Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Charles Dudley Blake Fisk (b. 1850) —
also known as Charles D. B. Fisk —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Hooksett, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
17, 1850.
Republican. Clothing
merchant; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-Fifth Suffolk District,
1905, 1907; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk; married to Susan E.
Sparhawk; grandson of Ezra
Fisk; great-grandson of William
Fisk. |
| | | Political family: Fisk
family of Massachusetts. |
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John Francis Fitzgerald (1863-1950) —
also known as John F. Fitzgerald; "Honey
Fitz" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
11, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1893-94; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1895-1901, 1919 (9th District
1895-1901, 10th District 1919); mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1906-08, 1910-14; defeated, 1907; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912
(speaker),
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1916; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1922; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts.
Catholic.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
2, 1950 (age 87 years, 233
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna (Cox) Fitzgerald; married, September
18, 1889, to Josephine Mary Hannon; father of Rose Elizabeth
Fitzgerald (who married Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.); grandfather of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (who married Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; great-grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | The John F. Fitzgerald Expressway
(also known as the Central Artery, Interstate 93, U.S. Highway 1, and
Route 3), in Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Frothingham (1812-1880) —
of Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., January
31, 1812.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1842, 1849-50; mayor
of Charlestown, Mass., 1851-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1852,
1876.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
29, 1880 (age 67 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Frothingham and Mary (Thompson)
Frothingham. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article |
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James Ambrose Gallivan (1866-1928) —
also known as James A. Gallivan —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1866.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1890; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1914-28; died in
office 1928; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1917.
Staunch opponent of alcohol prohibition.
Died, from heart
disease, in Ring Hospital,
Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 3,
1928 (age 61 years, 164
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Frederic Webster Goding (1858-1933) —
also known as Frederic W. Goding —
of Rutland, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 9,
1858.
School
teacher; college
professor; physician;
newspaper editor; justice of the peace; U.S. Consul in Newcastle, 1898-1907; Montevideo, 1907-13; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1913-24.
Died in Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 5,
1933 (age 74 years, 361
days).
Interment at Lamb
Cemetery, Livermore, Maine.
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John Abbot Goodwin (1824-1884) —
also known as John A. Goodwin —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Sterling, Worcester
County, Mass., May 21,
1824.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1856;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1857-61; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1860-61;
postmaster at Lowell,
Mass., 1861-74.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
21, 1884 (age 60 years, 123
days).
Interment at Burial
Hill, Plymouth, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Goodwin and Eliza (Hammett) Goodwin; married, May 28,
1850, to Martha M. Fisher. |
| | | Epitaph: "Hic non corpus sed illi locus
carissimus." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James H. Gray (1915-1986) —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 17,
1915.
Democrat. Editor and publisher of the Albany Herald newspaper;
owner of WALB radio and
television stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1952
(alternate), 1968;
Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1960; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1966; mayor of
Albany, Ga., 1974-86; died in office 1986.
Died, following a heart
attack, at the New England Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
19, 1986 (age 71 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald Henry Grimké (1849-1930) —
also known as Archibald H. Grimké —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
17, 1849.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Santo Domingo, 1894-98.
African
and German
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1930 (age 80 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Curtis Guild Jr. (1860-1915) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
2, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1884; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President); colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1903-06; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1906-09; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1908;
U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1911-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Forestry Association.
In 1907, John A. Steele came to the State House with a revolver, and
attempted
to kill Gov. Guild; he was subdued and arrested after shooting
two people.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 6,
1915 (age 55 years, 63
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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John Addison Gurley (1813-1863) —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
9, 1813.
Republican. Pastor;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1859-63.
Universalist.
Appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, but died before taking
office.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
19, 1863 (age 49 years, 253
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John William Haigis (1881-1960) —
also known as John W. Haigis —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., July 31,
1881.
Republican. Founder, editor, and publisher of the Greenfield
Recorder newspaper; banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Massachusetts
state senate Franklin & Hampshire District, 1915-16, 1923-26; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1929-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
trustee of the University of Massachusetts, 1940-56; owner and
operator of radio
station WHAI.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in 1960
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Green
River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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Charles Hale (1831-1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 7,
1831.
Newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1856-60, 1875-76; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1859; U.S.
Consul General in Alexandria, 1864-71; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1871-72; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1872-75.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 2,
1882 (age 50 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Lemuel C. Hall (b. 1874) —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., December
13, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1927-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gershom Hall and Sophie Louise (Parker) Hall; married, December
25, 1896, to Lettice M. G. Foster. |
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Benjamin Franklin Hallett (1797-1862) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hallett —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., December
2, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1844, 1848; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1848-52; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856
(chair, Platform
Committee).
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
30, 1862 (age 64 years, 302
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Civil
engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, 1893-95; U.S. Minister
to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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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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Edward E. Hicken (b. 1876) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., April
20, 1876.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George B. Hicken and Eleanor J. (Marshall) Hicken; married, October
8, 1900, to Ina C. Walton. |
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George E. Hinman (1870-1961) —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 7,
1870.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; secretary of
Connecticut Republican Party, 1902-14; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1915-19; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1919-26; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1926-40.
Died in 1961
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Old
Willimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) —
also known as Frank H. Hitchcock —
of Massachusetts; Arizona.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
5, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1908-09; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1909-13; newspaper publisher; member
of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
25, 1935 (age 67 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris)
Hitchcock. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Lewis R. Hovey (b. 1874) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., May 17,
1874.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; printer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Lewis Hovey and Mae S. (Peaslee) Hovey; married, April
19, 1899, to Helen Cleveland Smith. |
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Frank Edmund Howe (1870-1956) —
also known as Frank E. Howe;
"Ginger" —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Heath, Franklin
County, Mass., October
2, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1923-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., July 20,
1956 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at Park Lawn Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) —
of Ohio; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio, March 1,
1837.
U.S. Consul in Rome, 1861; Venice, 1861-65; author;
editor, Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1872-81.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1920 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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John James Ingalls (1833-1900) —
also known as John J. Ingalls —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Middleton, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state senate, 1862; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1862, 1864; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.
Died in Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., August
16, 1900 (age 66 years, 230
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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William Jackson (1783-1855) —
of Newton Corner, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
2, 1783.
Candle
maker; soap
manufacturer; banker;
newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1829-32; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1833-37; early
promoter of railroads;
president, American Missionary Society, 1846-54.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1855 (age 71 years, 178
days).
Interment at East
Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Mass.
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John Stocker Coffin Knowlton (1798-1871) —
also known as John S. C. Knowlton —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
11, 1798.
Newspaper editor and publisher; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1853-54; defeated (Independent), 1855;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1853; Worcester
County High Sheriff, 1856-71.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 10,
1871 (age 72 years, 181
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) —
also known as Frank Knox —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for nomination for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1924; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Washington,
D.C., April
28, 1944 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Herbert Warren Ladd (1843-1913) —
also known as Herbert W. Ladd —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., October
15, 1843.
Newspaper reporter; dry goods
merchant; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1889-90, 1891-92.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Butler Hospital,
Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
29, 1913 (age 70 years, 45
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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James McLellan Langley (1894-1968) —
also known as James M. Langley —
of Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
11, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1930; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1938;
president, Concord Hospital,
1944-50; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Bow, 1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1957-59.
Died in 1968
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Perkins Langtry (1860-1939) —
also known as Albert P. Langtry —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Wakefield, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 27,
1860.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1903-10; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fifth Hampden District, 1909-11;
secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1911-13, 1915-21.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Melrose Hospital,
Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
28, 1939 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Grasse Lewis (b. 1886) —
also known as Frank G. Lewis —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Dighton, Bristol
County, Mass., December
25, 1886.
Newspaper work; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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George Cabot Lodge (b. 1927) —
also known as George C. Lodge —
of Massachusetts.
Born July 7,
1927.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; director of information, U.S.
Department of Labor, 1954-58; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor for
International Affairs, 1958-61; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1962; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1964;
university
professor.
Still living as of 2018.
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902-1985) —
of Beverly, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., July 5,
1902.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1937-44, 1947-53; resigned 1944;
defeated, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative to
United Nations, 1953-60; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, 1963-64, 1965-67; , 1967-68; Germany, 1968-69; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964.
Died in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
27, 1985 (age 82 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Willfred Weymouth Lufkin (1879-1934) —
also known as Willfred W. Lufkin —
of Essex, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Essex, Essex
County, Mass., March
10, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; private secretary to U.S.
Rep. Augustus
P. Gardner, 1902-17; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1917-21; resigned
1921; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1927-32.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
28, 1934 (age 55 years, 18
days).
Interment at Essex
Cemetery, Essex, Mass.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
newspaper in New York City; in November, 1960, while drunk
at a party, he stabbed
and wounded his wife, Adele; he was arrested
and held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventually pleaded
guilty to third-degree
assault; arrested
and jailed
in 1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish
ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Interment at Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass.
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George Makela —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Finland.
Socialist. Journalist; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Miltoun Mansfield (b. 1871) —
also known as Francis M. Mansfield; Francis
Miltoun —
of Paris, France.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., February
14, 1871.
Newspaper correspondent; author;
U.S. Consular Agent in Toulon, 1909-11; U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1898 to
Blanche McManus. |
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Joseph William Martin Jr. (1884-1968) —
also known as Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Joe
Martin —
of North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., November
3, 1884.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; insurance
business; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Bristol District, 1915-18; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1936,
1940
(Permanent
Chair), 1944
(Permanent
Chair), 1948,
1952
(Permanent
Chair; speaker),
1956,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1922-25; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-67 (15th District
1925-33, 14th District 1933-63, 10th District 1963-67); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1947-49, 1953-55; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1937; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1940-42; derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Grange.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., March 6,
1968 (age 83 years, 124
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro, Mass.
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Thomas O. Marvin (b. 1867) —
of Massachusetts; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
10, 1867.
Minister;
newspaper editorial writer;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921-26.
Universalist.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas E. O. Marvin and Anne Maria (Lippitt) Marvin; married, November
15, 1894, to Flora Myrick Sugden. |
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Samuel Walker McCall (1851-1923) —
also known as Samuel W. McCall —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in East Providence, Bedford
County, Pa., February
28, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1888-89, 1892; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888,
1900,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1893-1913; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1916-19; defeated, 1914.
Died November
4, 1923 (age 72 years, 249
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Winchester, Mass.
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William F. McCarthy (b. 1902) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
9, 1902.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Middlesex District, 1935-36.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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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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David Batcheller Mellish (1831-1874) —
also known as David B. Mellish —
of New York.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., January
2, 1831.
Republican. Printer;
school
teacher; newspaper reporter; appraiser;
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1873-74; died in
office 1874.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1874 (age 43 years, 141
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Auburn, Mass.
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Raymond Lawrence Merrigan (1919-2000) —
also known as Raymond L. Merrigan —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in South Deerfield, Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass., 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
reporter; photographer;
postmaster at North
Adams, Mass., 1961-89 (acting, 1961-64).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass., June 28,
2000 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Holyoke, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Theresa V. (Tucker) Merrigan and Francis Mark Merrigan; married to
Helen M. McKillop. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Theron Metcalf (1784-1875) —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
16, 1784.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1833-34; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1835; official reporter, Massachusetts Supreme
Judicial Court, 1840-47; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1848-65.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
13, 1875 (age 91 years, 28
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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James Charles Monaghan (1857-1917) —
also known as James C. Monaghan —
of Rhode Island; New Jersey.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
11, 1857.
Newspaper editor; university
professor; U.S. Consul in Mannheim, 1885-90; Chemnitz, 1893-1900; Kingston, 1914-17, died in office 1917.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
12, 1917 (age 60 years, 32
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Cumberland, R.I.
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Francis W. Moore Jr. (1808-1864) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., April
20, 1808.
Newspaper editor and publisher; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1838-39, 1843, 1849-52; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Harris, Liberty and Galveston,
1839-42.
Died, probably of appendicitis,
in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., September
1, 1864 (age 56 years, 134
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Oscar Haskell Morris (b. 1876) —
also known as Oscar H. Morris —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 8,
1876.
Republican. Newspaper sports
editor; member of Wisconsin
state senate 4th District, 1921-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Malcolm Edwin Nichols (1876-1951) —
also known as Malcolm E. Nichols —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 8,
1876.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1914, 1917-19; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for Massachusetts, 1921-25; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1926-30; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941.
Swedenborgian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1951 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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William M. Olin (1845-1911) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, Ga., September
18, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper reporter; secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1891-1911; died in office 1911.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
15, 1911 (age 65 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962) —
also known as Joseph C. O'Mahoney —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1884.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; vice-chair of
Wyoming Democratic Party, 1922-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1929-34; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934-53, 1954-61; defeated, 1952; candidate
for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
1, 1962 (age 78 years, 26
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Walter L. Ramsdell (b. 1860) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, 1860.
Journalist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1894 (People's),
1898 (Democratic); mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1897-98; Democratic candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1899.
Burial location unknown.
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Harrison Reed (1813-1899) —
of Florida.
Born in Littleton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
26, 1813.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Governor of
Florida, 1868-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1876;
postmaster at Tallahassee,
Fla., 1890-93.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March
25, 1899 (age 85 years, 211
days).
Interment at St.
Nicholas Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Milton Reed (1848-1932) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., October
1, 1848.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1884.
Died September
18, 1932 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Burton Reynolds (b. 1870) —
also known as James B. Reynolds —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
17, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1896-1905; U.S. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1905-09; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1912-16; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1916.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Reynolds and Sarah C. (Morgan) Reynolds. |
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Elliott Verne Richardson (1868-1929) —
also known as Elliott V. Richardson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., March 4,
1868.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Sydney, 1910-16; U.S. Consul in Moncton, 1916-17; Punta Arenas, 1918; Quebec City, 1918-19; Karachi, 1919-21, 1925-28; Coblenz, 1921-22; Berlin, 1922-23; Pernambuco, 1923-24.
Died in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 27,
1929 (age 61 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Charles Addison Russell (1852-1902) —
also known as Charles A. Russell —
of Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1852.
Republican. Newspaper editor; woollen
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1883; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1884;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1885-87; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1887-1902; died in
office 1902.
Died in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., October
23, 1902 (age 50 years, 235
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Dayville, Killingly, Conn.
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Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) —
also known as "The Senator for the Southern Pacific
Railroad" —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
28, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large
1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1882-84.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 1887 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; Cremated; ashes
scattered; cenotaph at Pioneer Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif.
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James M. Shepard (b. 1842) —
of Michigan.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
24, 1842.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan
state senate, 1879-80; U.S. Consul in Hamilton, 1897-1914.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lewis Southard and Linda Carver (Dennis) Southard;
married, June 1,
1881, to Nellie Copeland. |
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Charles Henry Taylor (b. 1846) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 14,
1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1872; editor and manager, Boston
Globe newspaper, from 1873.
Burial location unknown.
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William Taylor (b. 1862) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 5,
1862.
Democrat. Newspaperman; member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Suffolk District, 1905-06; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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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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John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) —
of Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., December
17, 1807.
Poet;
newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835; Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1842.
Quaker.
Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Died in Hampton Falls, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
7, 1892 (age 84 years, 265
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Amesbury, Mass.
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Thomas W. Williams (b. 1865) —
of Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
15, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper writer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives First Bristol District, 1901-06.
Burial location unknown.
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