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Isaac Adams (1802-1883) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., August
16, 1802.
Democrat. Inventor
of the Adams printing press, which was used worldwide for
printing books; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1840; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1854.
Died in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., July 19,
1883 (age 80 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Adams and Elizabeth (Horne) Adams. |
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article |
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Samuel Turell Armstrong (1784-1850) —
also known as Samuel T. Armstrong —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., April
29, 1784.
Printing business; bookseller; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1828-29; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1833-36; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1835-36; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1836-37; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1839.
Among leaders of the effort to save Plymouth Rock, 1835.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
26, 1850 (age 65 years, 331
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, 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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Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car
Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire
and Rubber
Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed
Steel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car
Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil
Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) —
of Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, August
27, 1809.
Farmer;
surveyor;
compositor; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81; Governor of
Maine, 1857; Vice
President of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1864,
1868;
U.S.
Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1865-66;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1881-82.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 4,
1891 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine; statue at Kenduskeag Parkway, Bangor, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother of Elijah
Livermore Hamlin; married, December
10, 1833, to Sarah Jane Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); married, September
25, 1856, to Ellen
Vesta Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); father of Charles
Hamlin and Hannibal
Emery Hamlin; granduncle of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; great-granduncle of Clarence
Cutting Stetson; first cousin once removed of John
Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Charles
Sumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed of David
Sears; fourth cousin of George
Pickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Fisk Janes, John
Mason Jr., William
Henry Harrison Stowell, Walter
S. Bemis and Eldred
C. Pitkin. |
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family of Bangor, Maine (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Hamlin County,
S.Dak. is named for him. |
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of Hamlin,
Maine, is named for
him. — The town
of Hamlin,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Hamlin,
Kansas, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 at South
Portland, Maine; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. — Hannibal Hamlin Hall,
at the University
of Maine, Orono,
Maine, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Hannibal Hamlin: Charles
Eugene Hamlin, The
Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins, Hannibal |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Benjamin Hanford (1860-1910) —
also known as Ben Hanford —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
9, 1860.
Socialist. Printer; typesetter; labor
organizer; Socialist Labor candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1897; Social Democratic
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1898, 1900, 1902; Social Democratic candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1901; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904, 1908.
Member, Typographical
Union.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
24, 1910 (age 50 years, 15
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass.
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William R. Henry —
of Massachusetts.
Socialist. Printer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1914; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Wallace Raymond Lovett (b. 1880) —
also known as Wallace R. Lovett —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
6, 1880.
Republican. President and general manager, Standard Diary Co.,
publishers; vice-president, Malden Savings
Bank; director, Melrose Cooperative Bank;
director, Malden Morris Plan Bank;
director, Liberty Trust
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Frederick Lovett and Eliza Carleton (Hackett) Lovett;
married, September
11, 1902, to Maude Alice Morrin. |
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Robert Sarsfield Maloney (1881-1934) —
also known as Robert S. Maloney —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
3, 1881.
Republican. Printer; Delegate
from American Federation of Labor to Canadian Trades and Labor
Conference, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1921-23.
Member, International
Typographical Union; Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., November
8, 1934 (age 53 years, 278
days).
Interment at Immaculate
Conception Cemetery, Lawrence, 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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John Walker (1779-1832) —
of Rouses Point, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
1, 1779.
Printer; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1831-32; died in office 1832.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
14, 1832 (age 53 years, 13
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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