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Presbyterian Politicians in Massachusetts

  Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. (1873-1936) — also known as A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. — of Gloucester, Essex County, Mass. Born in LaPorte, LaPorte County, Ind., February 12, 1873. Republican. Director, U.S. Mint, 1909; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1910-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1921-36; died in office 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924, 1928. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Military Order of the World Wars; American Economic Association. Died, from influenza and arteriosclerosis, in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., June 3, 1936 (age 63 years, 112 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Son of Abram Piatt Andrew and Helen (Merrell) Andrew.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Robert Bacon (1860-1919) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 5, 1860. Republican. Financier; U.S. Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died, from infection following surgery for mastoiditis, in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 29, 1919 (age 58 years, 328 days). Original interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of William B. Bacon and Emily C. (Low) Bacon; married, October 10, 1883, to Martha Waldron Cowdin; father of Robert Low Bacon and Gaspar Griswold Bacon.
  Political family: Bacon family of Westbury, New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) — also known as Augustus W. Bennet — of Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 7, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Sons of the American Revolution; Grange; Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Died in Concord, Middlesex County, Mass., June 5, 1983 (age 85 years, 241 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet; married, October 19, 1929, to Maxine Layne.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Bernard Blair (1801-1880) — of Salem, Washington County, N.Y. Born in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass., May 24, 1801. Whig. Lawyer; banker; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1841-43. Presbyterian. Died in Salem, Washington County, N.Y., May 7, 1880 (age 78 years, 349 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Blair and Sally (Train) Blair; married to Charlotte Lansing; third cousin of Austin Blair; third cousin once removed of Charles Austin Blair.
  Political family: Blair family of Jackson, Michigan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
George E. Chamberlin George Ellsworth Chamberlin (1872-1952) — also known as George E. Chamberlin — of Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y.; Lynchburg, Va. Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham County, Conn., February 17, 1872. Traveling salesman; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Singapore, 1906-10; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1910; Queenstown, 1910-14; Georgetown, 1914-19; Glasgow, 1919-26; U.S. Consul General in Glasgow, as of 1927-30; Halifax, as of 1932. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; American Geographic Society. Died in Lynchburg, Va., December 7, 1952 (age 80 years, 294 days). Interment at Oak Knoll Cemetery, Palmer, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Chandler Chamberlin and Maria Jane (Kinney) Chamberlin; married, September 7, 1911, to Grace Anna Stone.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1922)
  Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954) — also known as Joel Bennett Clark — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va., January 8, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; speaker); U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., July 13, 1954 (age 64 years, 186 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Wilbur W. Marsh; son of James Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; married, October 5, 1922, to Miriam Marsh.
  Political family: Clark-Thomson family of Iowa and Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) — also known as Charles W. Cole — of Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass.; New York. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., February 8, 1906. University professor; President of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64. Presbyterian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Association of University Professors; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Delta Sigma Rho; American Historical Association; American Economic Association. Died in 1978 (age about 72 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  John Russell Cook (1836-1896) — also known as John R. Cook — of Brunswick, Glynn County, Ga. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., January 15, 1836. Vice-Consul for Brazil in Brunswick, Ga., 1877-96. Presbyterian. Died in Brunswick, Glynn County, Ga., May 11, 1896 (age 60 years, 117 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Sumner Cook and Sophia (Shepherd) Cook; married, November 23, 1864, to Mary Emeline Bellows; father of Walter Bellows Cook.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry H. Coolidge (d. 1884) — of Edwardsburg, Cass County, Mich.; Niles, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Leominster, Worcester County, Mass. Republican. Lawyer; Cass County Prosecuting Attorney, 1852; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; circuit judge in Michigan 2nd Circuit, 1872-78; appointed 1872; resigned 1878. Presbyterian. Died in 1884. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Sarah A. Mead; father of Orville W. Coolidge.
  Clifton S. Fleet (b. 1905) — of Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 23, 1905. Industrial engineer; mayor of Tenafly, N.J., 1954. Presbyterian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frank E. Fleet and Mary E. (Duggan) Fleet; married, November 12, 1928, to Velma Goad.
  Claude Moore Fuess (b. 1885) — also known as Claude M. Fuess — of Andover, Essex County, Mass. Born in Waterville, Oneida County, N.Y., January 12, 1885. Republican. Instructor and headmaster, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; director, Andover National Bank; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Presbyterian. Member, American Antiquarian Society; Society of Colonial Wars. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Louis Philip Fuess and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess; married, June 27, 1911, to Elizabeth Cushing Goodhue.
  Benjamin Henry (1742-1816) — of Vermont. Born in Colrain, Franklin County, Mass., May 12, 1742. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Vermont state legislature, 1781-82, 1789-1801; delegate to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1791-93. Presbyterian. Died in Halifax, Windham County, Vt., May 10, 1816 (age 73 years, 364 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Windham County, Vt.
  Relatives: Cousin *** of John Vernon Henry.
  Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Thomas L. Hisgen Thomas Louis Hisgen (1858-1925) — also known as Thomas L. Hisgen — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Petersburg, Pike County, Ind., November 26, 1858. Axle grease business; Democratic candidate for Massachusetts state auditor, 1906; Independence League candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1907; Independence candidate for President of the United States, 1908; Progressive candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1912. Presbyterian. Died August 27, 1925 (age 66 years, 274 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of George C. Hisgen.
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1908
  Jason Kellogg (1754-1821) — of Hampton, Washington County, N.Y. Born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., February 11, 1754. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly, 1801-03, 1804-05, 1806-07, 1809-10, 1812-13, 1817-18 (Washington County 1801-03, 1804-05, 1806-07, 1809-10, 1812-13, Washington and Warren counties 1817-18). Presbyterian. Died in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, September 5, 1821 (age 67 years, 206 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Rebecca (Munn) Kellogg and Elisha Kellogg; married to Mariam Dewey; married, September 4, 1790, to Martha (Benedict) Sackett; married, May 8, 1816, to Lucretia (Dart) Rockwell; father of Silas Dewey Kellogg; granduncle of Charles Adams Jr.; great-grandfather of Charles Collins Kellogg; second cousin of Orsamus Cook Merrill and Timothy Merrill; second cousin once removed of Aaron Kellogg and Farrand Fassett Merrill; second cousin twice removed of William Pitt Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Henry Theodore Kellogg; third cousin of Charles Kellogg (1773-1842) and Daniel Fiske Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Luther Walter Badger, Greene Carrier Bronson, Chester Ashley, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan Kellogg, Alvah Nash, John Russell Kellogg, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, George Smith Catlin, Albert Gallatin Kellogg, Francis William Kellogg, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg and Charles Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Orlando Kellogg, William Dean Kellogg, Stephen Wright Kellogg, George Bradley Kellogg, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur Tappan Kellogg and Selah Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of Rowland Case Kellogg, Frank Billings Kellogg, William Lucius Case, Clement Phineas Kellogg, Edward Russell Kellogg, Edward Stanley Kellogg and Franklin Warren Kellogg; fourth cousin of Gaylord Griswold, Jeremiah Mason, Stephen Daniel Tilden and Elisha Phelps; fourth cousin once removed of Hezekiah Case, Joseph Churchill Strong, Calvin Frisbie, Amaziah Brainard, DeGrasse Maltby, Henry Taintor, Daniel Rose Tilden, Norman A. Phelps, John Smith Phelps and Lucretia Garfield.
  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
  Ira Landrith (1865-1941) — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Milford, Ellis County, Tex., March 23, 1865. Presbyterian minister; president, Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12; president, Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance Council, 1928-31. Presbyterian. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith; married, January 21, 1891, to Harriet C. Grannis.
  Levi J. Law (1854-1909) — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., December 1, 1854. Democrat. Clothing merchant; mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1889-90; defeated, 1895; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892; postmaster at Cadillac, Mich., 1894-98; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1899. Presbyterian. English and Scottish ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Royal Arcanum; Woodmen; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Maccabees. Died in Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich., 1909 (age about 54 years). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of George D. Law.
  William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930) — also known as William H. Leavell — of Jackson, Hinds County, Miss.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss.; Houston, Harris County, Tex.; Carrollton, Carroll County, Miss. Born in Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C., May 24, 1850. Democrat. Ordained minister; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1913-18. Baptist or Presbyterian. Died in Harris County, Tex., 1930 (age about 80 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.
  Relatives: Son of John Rowland Leavell and Elizabeth Jane (Chalmers) Leavell; married, December 1, 1874, to Mary George (daughter of James Zachariah George).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Walter Roe Mansfield (1911-1987) — also known as Walter R. Mansfield — of New York; New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn.; Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 1, 1911. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-71; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81; took senior status 1981. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association. Died, of a stroke, in Christchurch, New Zealand, January 8, 1987 (age 75 years, 191 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick William Mansfield and Helena E. (Roe) Mansfield; married, January 17, 1947, to Gertrude Rient.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Charles Pinckney Holbrook Nason (1842-1937) — also known as Charles P. H. Nason — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., September 7, 1842. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clergyman; writer; lecturer; U.S. Consul in Grenoble, 1901-11. Presbyterian or Congregationalist. Died in 1937 (age about 94 years). Interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  Presumably named for: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Elias Nason and Myra Ann (Bigelow) Nason; married, November 17, 1870, to Helen Augusta Bond; second cousin thrice removed of Timothy Bigelow; third cousin twice removed of John Prescott Bigelow.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Richard Olney Richard Olney (1835-1917) — of Massachusetts. Born in Oxford, Worcester County, Mass., September 15, 1835. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1873-74; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1876; U.S. Attorney General, 1893-95; U.S. Secretary of State, 1895-97; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1904. Presbyterian. Died April 8, 1917 (age 81 years, 205 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Munsey's Magazine, October 1903
  Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 28, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; defeated, 1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Presbyterian or Episcopalian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Union League. Lost control of a motor bicycle, fell, suffered a ruptured kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., September 16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Church on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of John Edward Parsons and Mary Dumesnil (McIlvaine) Parsons; married, September 1, 1900, to Elsie Worthington Clews.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Philo Parsons (1817-1865) — of Michigan. Born in Scipio, Cayuga County, N.Y., February 7, 1817. Wholesale grocer; banker; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1861-63. Presbyterian; later Congregationalist. Died in Winchendon, Worcester County, Mass., January 12, 1865 (age 47 years, 340 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Baldwin Parsons and Lucine (Hoar) Parsons; married, June 27, 1843, to Anne Eliza Barnum.
  Frank Vaughan Plummer (1918-1993) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Malden, Middlesex County, Mass., November 23, 1918. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1966-81. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died, of renal failure and other complications, in Downeast Community Hospital, Machias, Washington County, Maine, November 5, 1993 (age 74 years, 347 days). Interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  Kenneth G. Prettie (b. 1903) — of Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Mich. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., February 12, 1903. Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Hillsdale District, 1961-62; circuit judge in Michigan 1st Circuit, 1977. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Prettie and Cora (Stebens) Prettie; married 1924 to Flora Gerberding.
  Herbert L. Smith (b. 1867) — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., December 23, 1867. Republican. Dairy supply business; banker; mayor of Cortland, N.Y., 1905-06; postmaster at Cortland, N.Y., 1925-28. Presbyterian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Smith and Emily (Hall) Smith; married to Adeline Bennett.
  Grace Mary Stern (1925-1998) — also known as Grace Mary Dain — of Highland Park, Lake County, Ill. Born in Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass., July 10, 1925. Democrat. Lake County Clerk, 1970-82; member of Democratic National Committee from Illinois, 1977-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1980, 1984; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1982; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1985-93; member of Illinois state senate, 1993-95. Female. Presbyterian. Died of brain cancer, in Highland Park, Lake County, Ill., May 17, 1998 (age 72 years, 311 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Frank McClellan Dain, Jr. and Marguerite Maude (Nason) Dain; married, May 13, 1962, to Herbert Lyman Stern Jr..
  John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Stow, Middlesex County, Mass., September 7, 1868. Republican. Pastor; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1916, 1920. Presbyterian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution. Died, in Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 27, 1954 (age 85 years, 293 days). Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Timothy Dwight Porter Stone and Susan Margaret (Dickinson) Stone; married, November 28, 1895, to Bessie Parsons; married, June 22, 1932, to Marie Briggs.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Taggart (1754-1825) — of Colrain, Franklin County, Mass. Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., March 24, 1754. Farmer; minister; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1803-17 (at-large 1803-05, 6th District 1805-13, at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815-17). Presbyterian. Died in Colrain, Franklin County, Mass., April 25, 1825 (age 71 years, 32 days). Interment at Chandler Hill Cemetery, Colrain, Mass.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Matthew Thornton (1713-1803) — of Merrimack, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), March 17, 1713. Physician; President of New Hampshire, 1775-76; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1776-82; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77, 1780-81, 1785-86; member of New Hampshire state senate from Hillsborough County, 1784-87. Presbyterian. Died in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., June 24, 1803 (age 90 years, 99 days). Interment at Thornton's Ferry Cemetery, Merrimack, N.H.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of James B. Thornton, Jr. and Elizabeth Keturah (Jenkins) Thornton; married 1760 to Hannah Jack; second great-grandfather of Gordon Woodbury.
  Political families: Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Lee-Randolph family; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Nathan A. Warren (c.1856-1944) — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Mass., about 1856. Republican. Physician; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1908-09; defeated, 1909; postmaster at Yonkers, N.Y., 1910-14. Presbyterian. Member, American Medical Association; Elks; Odd Fellows; Foresters. Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass., August 14, 1944 (age about 88 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Warren and Lydia (Read) Warren.
Daniel Webster Daniel Webster (1782-1852) — also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the Constitution" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack County, N.H., January 18, 1782. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned 1827; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President of the United States, 1836; U.S. Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Mass., October 24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280 days). Interment at Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster; married, May 29, 1808, to Grace Fletcher; second cousin once removed of Hiram Augustus Huse; second cousin twice removed of Edwin George Eastman; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo Mark Leffingwell; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Nichols Blake and John Leffingwell Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah Sabin, Charles Rowell and Amos Tuck.
  Political families: Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell family; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Daniel Webster WilderDaniel W. MillsDaniel W. JonesDaniel Webster ComstockDaniel W. WaughDaniel W. TallmadgeDaniel Webster HeagyDaniel W. WhitmoreDaniel W. HamiltonDaniel W. AllamanWebster TurnerDan W. TurnerDaniel W. HoanDaniel W. Ambrose, Jr.
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the $10 U.S. note from the 1860s until the early 20th century.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Daniel Webster: Robert Vincent Remini, Daniel Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union — Robert A. Allen, Daniel Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current, Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism — Merrill D. Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
  Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
  Frederick Washburn Yates (1866-1930) — also known as Frederick W. Yates — of Plainfield, Union County, N.J. Born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., March 9, 1866. Lawyer; Consul for Liberia in New York, N.Y., 1898-1903. Presbyterian. Died, from heart trouble, in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 10, 1930 (age 64 years, 215 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Washburn Yates and Susan Gray (Jackson) Yates; married 1894 to Bertha Kedzie Cornwell; third cousin thrice removed of Simeon Baldwin.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Libby-Felt family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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