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Politician members in Massachusetts

  Thomas M. Burke (b. 1898) — of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., May 30, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1935-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus; Catholic Order of Foresters; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Moose. Burial location unknown.
  Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) — also known as Harold H. Burton — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Boise, Ada County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 22, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; assistant attorney, Utah Power & Light Company and Utah Light & Traction Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power Company and Boise Valley Traction Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1929; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1944; speaker, 1936; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis; Exchange Club. Died in Washington, D.C., October 28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128 days). Interment at Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Edgar Burton and Gertrude (Hitz) Burton; married, June 15, 1912, to Selma Florence Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Levin Hicks Campbell (b. 1927) — also known as Levin H. Campbell — of Massachusetts. Born in Summit, Union County, N.J., January 2, 1927. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1963-65; U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, 1971-72; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1972-92. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Still living as of 2018.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Edward Christopher Carroll (b. 1893) — of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 15, 1893. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; member of Massachusetts state senate Fourth Suffolk District, 1933-36. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Catholic Order of Foresters; Moose; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Forty and Eight. Burial location unknown.
  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
John F. X. Davoren John Francis Xavier Davoren (1915-1997) — also known as John F. X. Davoren — of Milford, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Milford, Worcester County, Mass., July 27, 1915. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1955-66; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1965-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1964; secretary of state of Massachusetts, 1967-74. Catholic. Member, Elks; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Knights of Columbus. Died in Dennis, Barnstable County, Mass., August 24, 1997 (age 82 years, 28 days). Interment at Massachusetts National Veterans Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
  Presumably named for: Francis Xavier
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Public Officers of Massachusetts, 1969-70
Thomas C. Desmond Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972) — also known as Thomas C. Desmond — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., September 15, 1887. Republican. Engineer; president and chief engineer, Newburgh Ship Yards; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1940; member of New York state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District 1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58). Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Grange; Moose; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Redmen; Knights of Pythias. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 6, 1972 (age 85 years, 21 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Henry Desmond and Katharine (Safried) Desmond; married, August 16, 1923, to Alice B. Curtis (who later married Hamilton Fish Jr.).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
Brian J. Donnelly Brian Joseph Donnelly (b. 1946) — also known as Brian J. Donnelly — of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Dennis, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 2, 1946. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1973-78; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1979-93; U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1994-97; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1998. Catholic. Member, Amvets; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Public Officers of Massachusetts, 1979-80
William W. Dooling William Walter Dooling (1891-1949) — also known as William W. Dooling — of North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., April 8, 1891. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general manager of a necktie manufacturing firm; postmaster at North Adams, Mass., 1936-49. Catholic. Member, Holy Name Society; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Died, from a heart attack, in his office, at the North Adams Post Office, North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., May 26, 1949 (age 58 years, 48 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery, Adams, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Dooling and Anna (Ryan) Dooling; married, October 12, 1921, to Ellen G. Curran.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: North Adams Transcript, May 27, 1949
  Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) — also known as Paul H. Douglas — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., March 26, 1892. Democrat. University professor; economist; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966. Unitarian or Quaker. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Americans for Democratic Action; American Economic Association; American Philosophical Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon. Died in Washington, D.C., September 24, 1976 (age 84 years, 182 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Son of James Howard Douglas and Annie (Smith) Douglas; married 1915 to Dorothy S. Wolff; married 1931 to Emily Taft.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Paul H. Douglas: Roger Biles, Crusading Liberal: Paul H. Douglas of Illinois
  Erland Frederick Fish (b. 1883) — also known as Erland F. Fish — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., December 7, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1908-09; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Second Norfolk District, 1921-24; member of Massachusetts state senate Norfolk & Suffolk District, 1925-36; President of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1933-34; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Unitarian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Exchange Club. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick P. Fish and Clara P. (Livermore) Fish; married, October 7, 1911, to Mildred Russell.
  Aimé Joseph Forand (1895-1972) — also known as Aimé J. Forand — of Cumberland, Providence County, R.I. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., May 23, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1923-27; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1937-39, 1941-61; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1952. Catholic. Member, Elks; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Knights of Columbus. Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla., January 18, 1972 (age 76 years, 240 days). Interment at Boca Raton Mausoleum, Boca Raton, Fla.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) — also known as William T. Gardiner — of Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 12, 1892. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion, traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of Union Veterans; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows; Grange; American Bar Association. Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in midair, and crashed in Schnecksville, Lehigh County, Pa., August 2, 1953 (age 61 years, 51 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner and Alice (Bangs) Gardiner; married, September 16, 1916, to Margaret Thomas; second great-grandson of Robert H. Gardiner.
  Cross-reference: Edward E. Chase
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Louis H. Glaser (1910-1989) — of Malden, Middlesex County, Mass.; Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Poland, June 15, 1910. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952; candidate for mayor of Malden, Mass., 1953. Jewish. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Jewish War Veterans. Died October 4, 1989 (age 79 years, 111 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Philip Glaser and Lillian (Burstein) Glaser; married, November 2, 1947, to Estelle Vineberg.
  Maxwell Bernard Grossman (b. 1897) — also known as Maxwell B. Grossman — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 21, 1897. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948. Jewish. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. President, Massachusetts Envelope Co. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Walbridge Hedges (b. 1901) — also known as Charles W. Hedges — of Wollaston, Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Westfield, Hampden County, Mass., March 27, 1901. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1932-42, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets; Freemasons; United Commercial Travelers; Phi Gamma Delta. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Arthur J. Hedges and Kate (Walbridge) Hedges; married 1929 to Dr. Ella Goodale.
  Hastings Keith (1915-2005) — of West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Brockton, Plymouth County, Mass., November 22, 1915. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1953-56; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1959-73 (9th District 1959-63, 12th District 1963-73); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Kiwanis; Elks. Died in Brockton, Plymouth County, Mass., July 19, 2005 (age 89 years, 239 days). Interment at Union Cemetery, Brockton, Mass.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) — also known as Robert F. Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy; "R.F.K." — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass.; Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 20, 1925. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956, 1960; U.S. Attorney General, 1961-64; U.S. Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1968. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. On June 5, 1968, while running for president, having just won the California presidential primary, was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the Ambassador Hotel, and died the next day in in Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 6, 1968 (age 42 years, 199 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr., John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter Lawford), Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy; married, June 17, 1950, to Ethel Skakel; father of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II and Kerry Kennedy (who married Andrew Mark Cuomo); uncle of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John Francis Fitzgerald.
  Political family: Kennedy family.
  Cross-reference: Benjamin Altman — John Bartlow Martin — Frank Mankiewicz — Paul Schrade
  The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building (opened 1935, renamed 2001), in Washington, D.C., is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Robert F. Kennedy: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert Kennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo, In His Own Right — Thurston Clarke, The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Some of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — Bill Eppridge, A Time it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties
  Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy: Allen Roberts, Robert Francis Kennedy: Biography of a Compulsive Politician — Victor Lasky, RFK: Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince, The Kennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print
  Frederick William Mansfield (1877-1958) — also known as Frederick W. Mansfield — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 26, 1877. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; pharmacist; lawyer; Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1910 (primary), 1916, 1917; Massachusetts state treasurer, 1914-15, 1941; defeated, 1914; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1934-38; defeated, 1929. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Knights of Columbus; Foresters; United Spanish War Veterans. Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 6, 1958 (age 81 years, 225 days). Interment at Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Read Mansfield and Catherine (McDonough) Mansfield; married, June 29, 1904, to Helena Elizabeth Roe; father of Walter Roe Mansfield.
  John R. McCarthy (1927-2002) — of Groveland, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., March 13, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school teacher and principal; candidate for Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1970, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, in Merrimack Valley Hospital, Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., February 8, 2002 (age 74 years, 332 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Methuen, Mass.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Theresa V. (Tucker) Merrigan and Francis Mark Merrigan; married to Helen M. McKillop.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Bradford Morse (1921-1994) — also known as F. Bradford Morse — of Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., August 7, 1921. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1961-72; resigned 1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks. Died, of heart failure, in Naples, Collier County, Fla., December 18, 1994 (age 73 years, 133 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Donald William Nicholson (1888-1968) — also known as Donald W. Nicholson — of Wareham, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Wareham, Plymouth County, Mass., August 11, 1888. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1925-26; member of Massachusetts state senate Cape and Plymouth District, 1927-47; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1947-59. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd Fellows; Grange; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died February 16, 1968 (age 79 years, 189 days). Interment at Center Cemetery, Wareham, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Angus Nicholson and Annie (McLeod) Nicholson; married 1921 to Ethel Patten.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Francis X. O'Keefe (b. 1933) — of Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., January 14, 1933. Democrat. Mayor of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1986-93. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Knights of Columbus. Still living as of 1993.
  Presumably named for: Francis Xavier
  Henry Parkman Jr. (1894-1958) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 26, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928, 1936; member of Massachusetts state senate Third Suffolk District, 1929-36; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1933; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in 1958 (age about 64 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Parkman and Mary Frances (Parker) Parkman; married, June 26, 1936, to Doris Montague Leamy; uncle of William P. Homans Jr..
  Political family: Peabody-Parkman family of Massachusetts.
  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.
  James Roosevelt (1907-1991) — also known as Jimmy Roosevelt — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 23, 1907. Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1948, 1952 (alternate), 1956, 1960, 1964; member of Democratic National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of California, 1950; U.S. Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Americans for Democratic Action. Died, from complications of a stroke and Parkinson's disease, in Newport Beach, Orange County, Calif., August 13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233 days). Interment at Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt; brother of Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married, June 4, 1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (who later married John Hay Whitney); married, April 14, 1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider; married, July 2, 1956, to Gladys Irene Owens; married, October 3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; grandnephew of Theodore Roosevelt and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch; first cousin once removed of Theodore Douglas Robinson, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Warren Delano Robbins, Corinne Robinson Alsop, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and William Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin of Corinne A. Chubb and John deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas Roosevelt Jr., Philip DePeyster and Jabez Williams Huntington.
  Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Dover, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., September 1, 1892. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Fourth Middlesex District, 1923-36; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1929-36; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932 (alternate), 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952 (speaker), 1956, 1960, 1972; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1936; Governor of Massachusetts, 1939-45; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1945-67. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Kiwanis; Grange. Died in Dover, Norfolk County, Mass., June 17, 1979 (age 86 years, 289 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Middlecott Saltonstall and Eleanor (Brooks) Saltonstall; brother of Richard Saltonstall; married, June 27, 1916, to Alice Wesselhoeft; father of Peter B. Saltonstall and William Lawrence Saltonstall; grandson of Leverett Saltonstall (1825-1895); great-grandson of Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845) and Amos Adams Lawrence; second great-grandson of William Appleton; second great-grandnephew of Benjamin Gorham, Luther Lawrence and Abbott Lawrence; third great-grandson of Nathaniel Gorham; third great-grandnephew of George Cabot; fourth great-grandson of James Sullivan; fourth great-grandnephew of Gurdon Saltonstall (1666-1724) and Timothy Pickering; first cousin once removed of John Lee Saltonstall; first cousin twice removed of John Quincy Adams, William Everett and Brooks Adams; first cousin thrice removed of Samuel Abbott Green; first cousin four times removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin five times removed of Gurdon Saltonstall (1708-1785); second cousin of William Gurdon Saltonstall and John Lee Saltonstall Jr.; second cousin once removed of Charles Francis Adams; second cousin thrice removed of John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce and John Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin four times removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; second cousin five times removed of John Wingate Weeks; third cousin of Thomas Boylston Adams; third cousin once removed of John Forbes Kerry; third cousin twice removed of Henry Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton.
  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).
  Cross-reference: Jonathan Moore
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (1891-1960) — also known as Richard B. Wigglesworth — of Milton, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Milton, Norfolk County, Mass., April 25, 1891. Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to Philippines Governor-General W. Cameron Forbes, 1913; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-58 (14th District 1928-33, 13th District 1933-58); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1958-60, died in office 1960. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars. Died, from a stroke while being treated for phlebitis, in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 22, 1960 (age 69 years, 180 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married, April 30, 1931, to Florence Joyes Booth.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) — also known as Jesse P. Wolcott — of Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich. Born in Gardner, Worcester County, Mass., March 3, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; St. Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57. Universalist or Congregationalist. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Elks; American Legion; Moose. Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md., January 28, 1969 (age 75 years, 331 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Bradford Wolcott and Lillis Betsy (Paine) Wolcott; married 1927 to Grace Aileen Sullivan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
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