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Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) —
also known as Frank G. Allen —
of Norwood, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
6, 1874.
Republican. Chairman of Winslow Brothers & Smith, leather
and wool
manufacturers; director of banks and
insurance
firms; trustee of Norwood Hospital;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose;
Union League.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
9, 1950 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Norwood, Mass.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
26, 1833.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; banker; New York
Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99.
English
ancestry. Member, Union League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 78 years, 256
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
24, 1832.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Bar
Association; Union League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1917 (age 85 years, 110
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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John Proctor Clarke (1856-1932) —
also known as J. Proctor Clarke —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Florence (Firenze), Italy,
of American parents, April
23, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-26; appointed 1900;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1905-26.
Member, Union League; American Bar
Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Murray Hill Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 1932 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment somewhere
in Northampton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke; married, June 25,
1884, to Sarah M. Parker; married, July 8,
1924, to Ida (Hatch) Cambell. |
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Edmund Day (b. 1831) —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in West Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
12, 1831.
Republican. Rubber goods
manufacturer; paper
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Seymour, 1874; member of Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1884-85; president, Seymour Electric
Light Company.
Member, Union League.
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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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April
11, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Governor of
New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President
of the United States, 1916; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Epsilon; Union League.
Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Harold Chessman Keith (b. 1884) —
also known as Harold C. Keith —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 18,
1884.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Union League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Keith and Anna G. (Reed) Keith; married, April
12, 1910, to Ethel Middlebrook Bowne. |
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George Leavens Lilley (1859-1909) —
also known as George L. Lilley —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., August
3, 1859.
Republican. Meat dealer;
real
estate business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1903-09; member of Connecticut
Republican State Committee, 1904-09; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909; died in office 1909.
Member, Union League.
Died, in the Connecticut Executive
Mansion, Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April
21, 1909 (age 49 years, 261
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance
companies, the Central Vermont Railway,
and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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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.
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Guy Ray Pelton (1824-1890) —
also known as Guy R. Pelton —
of New York.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
3, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1855-57; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Union League; Freemasons.
Died in Wyoming, July 24,
1890 (age 65 years, 355
days).
Interment at Mahaiwe
Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
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Frank James Rice (1869-1917) —
also known as Frank J. Rice —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
5, 1869.
Republican. Streetcar
conductor; grocer; real estate
business; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Redmen;
Order
of Heptasophs; Knights
of Pythias; Union League.
Died January
18, 1917 (age 47 years, 348
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Isaac Townsend Smith (1813-1906) —
also known as Isaac T. Smith —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
12, 1813.
Republican. Banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Consul-General
for Siam in New
York, N.Y., 1887-1903.
Member, Union League.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
30, 1906 (age 93 years, 18
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Peters Stevens (1868-1929) —
also known as J. P. Stevens —
of Fanwood, Union
County, N.J.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., February
2, 1868.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; postmaster at Fanwood,
N.J., 1901-03; founder of J.P. Stevens textile firm; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Member, Union League.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
27, 1929 (age 61 years, 267
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Albert Henry Washburn (1866-1930) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., April
11, 1866.
Republican. Private secretary to Andrew
Dickson White; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Magdeburg, 1890-93; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, 1893-96; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; college
professor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts;
U.S. Minister to Austria, 1922-30, died in office 1930.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Union League.
Died, from erysipelas,
in the Rudolf Interhaus Hospital,
Vienna, Austria,
April
2, 1930 (age 63 years, 356
days).
Original interment at Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna, Austria; reinterment in 1930 at Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleboro, Mass.
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Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Whitman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hanover, Sprague, New London
County, Conn., September
29, 1868.
Republican. New
York County District Attorney; Governor of
New York, 1915-19; defeated, 1918; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union League.
Died March
29, 1947 (age 78 years, 181
days).
Interment at Westlawn
Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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