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Politician members in Maine

  De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) — also known as De Alva S. Alexander — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.; Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Richmond, Sagadahoc County, Maine, July 17, 1846. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1872; secretary of Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93; U.S. Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903, 36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910. Presbyterian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., January 30, 1925 (age 78 years, 197 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Stanwood Alexander and Priscilla (Brown) Alexander; married, September 21, 1871, to Alice Colby; married, December 28, 1893, to Anne Gerlach Bliss.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Charles Putnam Barnes (1869-1951) — also known as Charles P. Barnes — of Norway, Oxford County, Maine; Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, October 12, 1869. Republican. School principal; superintendent of schools; lawyer; Oxford County Attorney, 1904-09; member of Maine state house of representatives from Aroostook County, 1917-22; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1921-22; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1924-39; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1939-40; resigned 1940. Baptist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, December 14, 1951 (age 82 years, 63 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Isa A. (Putnam) Barnes and Francis Barnes; married, August 19, 1896, to Annie Maud Richardson; father of George Butler Barnes.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Butler Barnes (1904-1979) — also known as George B. Barnes — of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Norway, Oxford County, Maine, October 17, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; Aroostook County State's Attorney, 1933-39; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1943-46; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Maine state senate, 1947-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1952. Baptist. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, August 8, 1979 (age 74 years, 295 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Putnam Barnes and Annie (Richardson) Barnes; married to Ada Flora Wheeler.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Russell Bass (1878-1963) — also known as John R. Bass — of Wilton, Franklin County, Maine. Born in Wilton, Franklin County, Maine, September 6, 1878. Republican. Treasurer, G. H. Bass & Co., shoe manufacturers; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1916, 1920 (alternate), 1944, 1952. Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in August, 1963 (age 84 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Henry Bass and Mary Louise (Streeter) Bass; married, September 17, 1913, to Alice Mary Ness.
  Norman Leslie Bassett (b. 1869) — also known as Norman L. Bassett — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, June 23, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; president, Augusta Savings Bank; director, Boston and Maine Railroad, 1915-25; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1925-32. Unitarian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Rotary; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah W. Bassett and Susan (Cornish) Bassett; married, June 24, 1903, to Lula J. Holden.
Percival P. Baxter Percival Proctor Baxter (1876-1969) — also known as Percival P. Baxter — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 22, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1905-06, 1917-20; member of Maine state senate, 1909-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920, 1924, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); Governor of Maine, 1921-25. Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, June 12, 1969 (age 92 years, 202 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Son of James Phinney Baxter and Mehetabel Cummings (Proctor) Baxter.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Books about Percival P. Baxter: Liz Soares, All for Maine : A Biography of Governor Percy Baxter (for young readers)
  Image source: Maine State Archives/Maine Historical Society
  Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) — also known as Owen Brewster — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, February 22, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; counsel for Chapman National Bank, Portland, Maine, 1914-25; member of Maine state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18, 1921-22; member of Maine state senate, 1923-25; Governor of Maine, 1925-29; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956 (member, Credentials Committee). Christian Scientist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Grange; Odd Fellows; Elks; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 25, 1961 (age 73 years, 306 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Edmund Brewster and Carrie S. (Bridges) Brewster; married, April 20, 1915, to Dorothy Foss.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Freeman Daniel Dearth (b. 1861) — also known as Freeman D. Dearth — of Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in East Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine, April 16, 1861. Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Dexter, Maine, 1901; member of Maine state senate 10th District, 1919-20. Methodist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Freeman D. Dearth and Mary B. (Spooner) Dearth.
  Arthur James Dunton (b. 1871) — also known as Arthur J. Dunton — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, July 9, 1871. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Bath, Maine, 1914-15. Baptist. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James E. Dunton and Angeline (White) Dunton; married, June 25, 1913, to Madelyn P. Clifford.
  Walter Llewellyn Gray (b. 1870) — of South Paris, Paris, Oxford County, Maine. Born in Paris, Oxford County, Maine, January 24, 1870. Lawyer; superintendent of schools; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1905. Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Lethbridge Gray and Julia Matilda (Morse) Gray; married, June 14, 1899, to Madge Shirley Wilson.
  James H. Hudson (c.1878-1947) — of Guilford, Piscataquis County, Maine. Born in Guilford, Piscataquis County, Maine, about 1878. Republican. Piscataquis County Attorney, 1913-19; probate judge in Maine, 1920; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1933-47; died in office 1947. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Suffered a heart attack, and died three days later, in Augusta General Hospital, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, August 21, 1947 (age about 69 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Hudson; married 1904 to Mary McKown.
  Arno Warren King (1855-1918) — also known as Arno W. King — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine. Born August 2, 1855. Republican. Lawyer; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1907-18; died in office 1918. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died July 21, 1918 (age 62 years, 353 days). Burial location unknown.
  Frederick W. Knowlton (1856-1925) — of Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine, 1856. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1908, 1916 (alternate). Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died, of appendicitis, in Penobscot General Hospital, Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, January 12, 1925 (age about 68 years). Interment at Lawndale Cemetery, Old Town, Maine.
  Thomas Littlefield Marble (b. 1876) — also known as Thomas L. Marble — of Gorham, Coos County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, December 24, 1876. School principal; lawyer; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-25; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1925-43; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-46; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 9th Ward, 1948. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; married, August 15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller.
  Donald Ward Philbrick (b. 1896) — also known as Donald W. Philbrick — of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, March 16, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1935-40; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1944, 1952 (alternate). Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Interment somewhere in Skowhegan, Maine.
  James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) — also known as James A. Roberts — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Waterboro, York County, Maine, March 8, 1847. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1879-80 (Erie County 3rd District 1879, Erie County 4th District 1880); New York state comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Grand Army of the Republic; Society of Colonial Wars. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 19, 1922 (age 75 years, 256 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1, 1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December 11, 1884, to Martha Dresser.
  Nathaniel Tompkins (1879-1949) — of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Bridgewater, Aroostook County, Maine, May 17, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives from Aroostook County (3rd), 1931-32; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1935; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936; member of Maine state senate, 1941; superior court judge in Maine, 1941-45; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1945-49; died in office 1949. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons. Died April 22, 1949 (age 69 years, 340 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Tompkins and Emma F. (Sargent) Tompkins; married, June 17, 1913, to Ragnhild L. Iversen; father of Sigrid E. Tompkins.
  Blaine Spooner Viles (b. 1879) — also known as Blaine S. Viles — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in North New Portland, New Portland, Somerset County, Maine, July 22, 1879. Republican. Director of Augusta Trust Company and Fidelity Trust Company of Portland; director of Kennebec Log Driving Co.; director and treasurer, Kennebec Land Co.; president and treasurer, Pine Tree Timberlands Co.; partner, Viles and Gannett, timberlands; mayor of Augusta, Maine, 1915-16; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1921. Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Foresters. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Viles and Ada A. (Spooner) Viles; married, June 30, 1904, to Ethel Johnson.
  John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) — also known as Jock Whitney — of Manhasset, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, August 17, 1904. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; financier; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New York Herald Tribune newspaper, 1961-66. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Manhasset, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., February 8, 1982 (age 77 years, 175 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Helen (Hay) Whitney and William Payne Whitney; married, September 25, 1930, to Mary Elizabeth 'Liz' Altemus; married, March 1, 1942, to Betsey (Cushing) Roosevelt (ex-wife of James Roosevelt); nephew of Adelbert Stone Hay; grandson of John Milton Hay and William Collins Whitney; grandnephew of Henry Melville Whitney; great-grandson of Henry B. Payne and James Scollay Whitney; first cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and James Jermiah Wadsworth; first cousin once removed of Frances Payne Bolton and James Wadsworth Symington; second cousin of Oliver Payne Bolton; second cousin five times removed of James Hodges; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mackie Burgess.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family of Massachusetts; Morton family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
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