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Frederic Eleazer Boothby (1845-1923) —
also known as Frederic E. Boothby —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Norway, Oxford
County, Maine, December
3, 1845.
Republican. Official in various capacities for Maine Central Railroad;
general passenger agent for the Portland, Mt. Desert and Machias Steamboat
Company; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1904
(delegation chair); mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1916-17.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from heart
disease, in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
7, 1923 (age 77 years, 35
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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Jeb Bradley (b. 1952) —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine, October
20, 1952.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1990-2002; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 2003-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Philip Marshall Brown (1875-1966) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Washington,
D.C.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 31,
1875.
U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1908-10; university
professor.
Episcopalian. Member, Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died, in a nursing
home at Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 10,
1966 (age 90 years, 283
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Blanchard Carter (b. 1880) —
also known as Charles B. Carter —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 10,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Maine
state senate, 1920.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Phi; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Bailey Clarke (b. 1875) —
also known as Charles B. Clarke —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
3, 1875.
Republican. Mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1918-21.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Davis C. Clarke and Katherine (Dillingham) Clarke; married, December
18, 1901, to Ellen A. Cate. |
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Robert Alexander Cony (1876-1945) —
also known as Robert A. Cony —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
13, 1876.
Republican. Private secretary, U.S. Rep. and Sen. Edwin
C. Burleigh, 1907-16; lawyer; mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1929-33.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons
of Veterans; Kiwanis.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
1, 1945 (age 68 years, 110
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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Willard Howe Cummings (b. 1884) —
also known as Willard H. Cummings —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Lincoln, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
26, 1884.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel E. Cummings and Susanna M. (Hittel) Cummings; married, February
10, 1914, to Helen E. Warren. |
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Frederick William Dallinger (1871-1955) —
also known as Frederick W. Dallinger —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Center Lovell, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
2, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1896-99; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1915-25, 1926-32;
defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1924; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1932-42.
Episcopalian.
Died in North Conway, Conway, Carroll
County, N.H., September
5, 1955 (age 83 years, 338
days).
Interment at Center
Lovell Cemetery, Center Lovell, Lovell, Maine.
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William Dawson Jr. (1885-1972) —
of Minnesota.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
11, 1885.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in St. Petersburg, 1908; Barcelona, 1908-10; Frankfort, 1910-13; U.S. Consul in Rosario, 1913-17; Montevideo, 1917-19; Danzig, 1919-21; Munich, 1921-22; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1928-30; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1930-35; Colombia, 1934-37; Uruguay, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1939-41; Uruguay, 1941-46.
Episcopalian. Member, Chi Psi.
Died in Blue Hill, Hancock
County, Maine, July 17,
1972 (age 86 years, 341
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Ernest Edwin Finnimore (b. 1875) —
also known as Ernest E. Finnimore —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
1, 1875.
Democrat. Supervisor, blacksmith department, Maine Central Railroad;
mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1920-21.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Finnimore and Margaret (Morris) Finnimore. |
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Melville Weston Fuller (1833-1910) —
also known as Melville W. Fuller —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
11, 1833.
Democrat. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,
1862; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1863; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-1910; died in office 1910.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sorrento, Hancock
County, Maine, July 4,
1910 (age 77 years, 143
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Harry Albert Furbish (b. 1867) —
also known as Harry A. Furbish —
of Rangeley, Franklin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March
15, 1867.
Republican. Merchant;
lumber
business; banker;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from Franklin County, 1903-04,
1919-20; member of Maine
state senate, 1905-06; treasurer of
Maine Republican Party, 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert B. Furbish and Caroline H. (Young) Furbish; married, December
25, 1887, to Elizabeth M. Porter. |
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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.
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Fred B. Greenleaf (b. 1883) —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, August
15, 1883.
Republican. Engineer
for International Paper
Co.; treasurer and manager, Greenleaf Construction
Co.; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1923-29; member of Maine
state senate 4th District, 1929-33.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Greenleaf and Etta M. (Knight) Greenleaf; married, June 10,
1914, to Mary Margaret Jones; father of Laurie
Jones. |
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Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
22, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in
office 1931.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
22, 1931 (age 48 years, 273
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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James C. Hamlen (b. 1852) —
of Scarborough, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 9,
1852.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
exporter;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1906.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Hamlen and Ann C. (Patten) Hamlen; married, June 30,
1880, to Caroline F. White. |
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William Dodd Hathaway (1924-2013) —
also known as William D. Hathaway —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
21, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1965-73; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1973-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Died, from complications of pulmonary
fibrosis, in McLean, Fairfax
County, Va., June 24,
2013 (age 89 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Moulton Ingraham (b. 1870) —
also known as William M. Ingraham —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
2, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Maine, 1907-15; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1915; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1917;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1928;
delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cumberland
County, 1933.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Angus Stanley King Jr. (b. 1944) —
also known as Angus S. King —
of Maine.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., March
31, 1944.
Lawyer;
Governor
of Maine, 1995-2003; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 2013-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2019.
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Rufus King (1755-1827) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarborough, Cumberland
County, Maine, March
24, 1755.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate for President
of the United States, 1816.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jamaica (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y., April
29, 1827 (age 72 years, 36
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Marion E. Martin (b. 1900) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Kingman, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
14, 1900.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives from Penobscot County (1st),
1931-34; member of Maine
state senate, 1935-38; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1936-47; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Women; Alpha
Omicron Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Burial location unknown.
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Frances Perkins (1882-1965) —
also known as Mrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson —
of Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
10, 1882.
Democrat. Sociologist;
New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1929-33; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1933-45; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
First
woman to serve in the Cabinet; inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1982.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1965 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Interment at Cemetery
on River Road, Newcastle, Maine.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
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Helen Ring Robinson (1860-1923) —
also known as Helen Ring —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Eastport, Washington
County, Maine, February
21, 1860.
Democrat. Writer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1913-16.
Female.
Episcopalian.
First
woman elected to Colorado Senate; second woman state senator in the
United States. Author of a minimum wage law for women; also
introduced a bill allowing women to serve as jurors.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 10,
1923 (age 63 years, 139
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) —
also known as Edith Frances Nourse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, 1881.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1925-60; died in
office 1960.
Female.
Congregationalist;
later Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1998.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
10, 1960 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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George Foster Shepley (1819-1878) —
also known as George F. Shepley —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, January
1, 1819.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1848-49, 1853-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1862; Governor of
Louisiana; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1868;
Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 1st Circuit, 1869-78; died in
office 1878.
Episcopalian.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 20,
1878 (age 59 years, 200
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Robert Peet Skinner (1866-1960) —
also known as Robert P. Skinner —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio; Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio, February
24, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1897-1901; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1901-08; Hamburg, 1908-14; Berlin, 1914; London, 1914-24; Paris, 1924-26; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1926-32; Estonia, 1931-33; Latvia, 1931-33; Lithuania, 1931-33; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1933-36.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Society for International Law.
Died in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, July 1,
1960 (age 94 years, 128
days).
Interment at Massillon
Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio.
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Charles Wilbert Snow (1884-1977) —
also known as C. Wilbert Snow —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in White Head Island, Knox
County, Maine, April 6,
1884.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1945-46; Governor of
Connecticut, 1946-47; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died September
28, 1977 (age 93 years, 175
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney St. Felix Thaxter (1883-1958) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born March 4,
1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Maine, 1930; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1930-54; resigned 1954; director,
National Bank of
Commerce of Portland; director, Maine General Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1958
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Walter Trafton (b. 1864) —
also known as Herbert W. Trafton —
of Fort Fairfield, Aroostook
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook
County, Maine, May 26,
1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Fort Fairfield National Bank,
1903; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1911-15; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1915; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1912.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John B. Trafton and Sarah J. (Staples) Trafton; married, August
24, 1891, to Kate P. Winslow. |
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Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) —
also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger;
"Cap the Knife" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
18, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); California
Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade Commission,
1969-70; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade
Commission; director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1981-87.
Episcopalian. Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution
for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he
was pardoned
by President George
Bush in 1992.
Died, of kidney
ailments and pneumonia,
in Eastern Maine Medical
Center, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
28, 2006 (age 88 years, 222
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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