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English ancestry Politicians in Maine

Edward Anson Butler (b. 1841) — also known as E. A. Butler — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, July 25, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; shipbroker; mayor of Rockland, Maine, 1890-93. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Anson Butler and Annah (Hunstable) Butler; married, December 30, 1868, to Lucy A. Stanley; married, May 11, 1892, to Eva Arey Bartlett.   Nathan Clifford (1803-1881) — of Newfield, York County, Maine. Born in Rumney, Grafton County, N.H., August 18, 1803. Democrat. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1830; Maine state attorney general, 1834-37; U.S. Representative from Maine, 1839-43 (2nd District 1839-41, 3rd District 1841-43); U.S. Attorney General, 1846-48; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1848-49; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1858-81; died in office 1881. Unitarian. English ancestry. Died in Cornish, York County, Maine, July 25, 1881 (age 77 years, 341 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.   Relatives: Grandfather of Nathan Clifford (born 1867).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier   Nathan Clifford (b. 1867) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, June 17, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1904; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1906-07. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Henry Clifford and Ellen G. (Brown) Clifford; married, May 5, 1897, to Caroline L. Devens; grandson of Nathan Clifford (1803-1881).   Maynard Gilbert Conners (1918-2001) — also known as Maynard G. Conners — of Franklin, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, June 15, 1918. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; contractor; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1970; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1980. Protestant. Irish and English ancestry. Member, National Rifle Association; Freemasons; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, of a heart attack, in Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine, September 17, 2001 (age 83 years, 94 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Bayview Cemetery, Franklin, Maine.   Claudius Buchanan Grant (1835-1921) — also known as Claudius B. Grant — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette County, Mich. Born in Lebanon, York County, Maine, October 25, 1835. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; postmaster at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1867-70; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1871-74 (Washtenaw County 2nd District 1871-72, Washtenaw County 1st District 1873-74); member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1872-79; Houghton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877; circuit judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1882-89; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1890-1909; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1898-99, 1908. English ancestry. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 28, 1921 (age 85 years, 126 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Grant and Mary (Merrill) Grant; married, June 13, 1863, to Caroline L. Felch (daughter of Alpheus Felch).   Political family: Felch-Lawrence-Grant family of Ann Arbor and Monroe, Michigan.   Eugene Hale (1836-1918) — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Turner, Oxford County (now Androscoggin County), Maine, June 9, 1836. Republican. Lawyer; Hancock County Prosecuting Attorney, 1858-66; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1867-68, 1879-80; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1868, 1876, 1880; U.S. Representative from Maine 5th District, 1869-79; defeated, 1878; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1881-1911. English ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., October 27, 1918 (age 82 years, 140 days). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine.   Relatives: Son of James Sullivan Hale and Betsey (Staples) Hale; brother of Clarence Hale; married, December 20, 1871, to Mary Douglas Chandler (daughter of Zachariah Chandler); father of Frederick Hale; uncle of Robert S. Hale.   Political families: Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert John Hodgson (1857-1932) — also known as R. J. Hodgson — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Woonsocket, Providence County, R.I., November 15, 1857. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920. English ancestry. Died in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, December 22, 1932 (age 75 years, 37 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Hodgson and Patience (Moss) Hodgson; married, April 7, 1880, to Jennie Mabel Didge; father of Florence H. Pendleton.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Lucius Lee Hubbard (1849-1933) — also known as Lucius L. Hubbard — of Houghton, Houghton County, Mich. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 7, 1849. Republican. Geologist; Michigan state geologist, 1893-99; member of University of Michigan board of regents; elected 1911, 1919, 1927. English ancestry. Died in 1933 (age about 83 years). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.   Relatives: Married 1875 to Frances Johnson Lambard.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Michigan Manual 1927   Malcolm Edwin Nichols (1876-1951) — also known as Malcolm E. Nichols — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, May 8, 1876. Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts state senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1914, 1917-19; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Massachusetts, 1921-25; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1926-30; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941. Swedenborgian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died, of a heart attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 7, 1951 (age 74 years, 275 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen Jane Guthrage (Pingree) Nichols; married, December 16, 1915, to Edith M. Williams.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Florence H. Pendleton (1880-1939) — also known as Florence Ethel Hodgson — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Woonsocket, Providence County, R.I., July 7, 1880. Republican. Member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1928. Female. English ancestry. Died July 14, 1939 (age 59 years, 7 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.   Relatives: Daughter of Robert John Hodgson and Jennie Mabel (Dodge) Hodgson; married, December 29, 1909, to Irving Erskine Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac Stuart Raymond.   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 Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known as Hazen S. Pingree; "The Potato Mayor" — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Denmark, Oxford County, Maine, August 30, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot and shoe manufacturer; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of Michigan, 1897-1900. English ancestry. Died June 18, 1901 (age 60 years, 292 days). Original interment somewhere in Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue at Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Jasper Pingree and Adeline (Bryant) Pingree; married 1872 to Frances A. Gilbert; relative *** of Samuel Everett Pingree.   Cross-reference: George A. Loud — Ralph Stone   See also National Governors Association biography   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1901 George Edward Reed (1846-1930) — also known as "The Grand Old Man" — of Willimantic, Windham County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Brownville, Piscataquis County, Maine, March 28, 1846. Republican. Minister; president, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900. Methodist. English ancestry. Died, in Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., February 7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316 days). Interment at Old Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.   Relatives: Son of George Reed and Ann (Hellyer) Reed; married 1870 to Ella Frances Leffingwell; father of George Leffingwell Reed.   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   Image source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of the 19th Congressional District (1897)   Murray Wheeler (1854-1924) — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Alabama, November 27, 1854. Insurance agent; member, Mobile Cotton Exchange; Vice-Consul for Russia in Mobile, Ala., 1892-1911. English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Franklin, Hancock County, Maine, September 2, 1924 (age 69 years, 280 days). Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery, Hancock, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Wheeler and Rachel Blanding (Murray) Wheeler; married, September 26, 1922, to Adelaide H. Pybas.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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