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Steel and Metal Industry Politicians in Maine

William Titcomb Cobb (1857-1937) — also known as William T. Cobb — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, July 23, 1857. Republican. Lime manufacturing business; shipbuilder; president and receiver, Bath Iron Works; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1889; Governor of Maine, 1905-09; delegate to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Knox County, 1933. Universalist. Died in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, July 24, 1937 (age 80 years, 1 days). Interment at Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Francis Cobb and Martha J. (Chandler) Cobb; married, June 14, 1882, to Lucy C. Banks.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial Edwin Corning (1883-1934) — of Bethlehem, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., September 30, 1883. Democrat. President of Ludlum Steel Company; officer of Albany Felt Company; director of banks; New York Democratic state chair, 1926-28; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1927-28. Died in Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, August 7, 1934 (age 50 years, 311 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Erastus Corning (1827-1897) and Mary (Parker) Corning; brother of Parker Corning; married to Louise Maxwell; father of Erastus Corning II and Edwin Corning Jr.; nephew of Amasa Junius Parker Jr.; grandson of Erastus Corning (1794-1872) and Amasa Junius Parker; second great-grandson of Woodbury Langdon; second great-grandnephew of John Langdon; second cousin once removed of Robert Odiorne Treadwell; third cousin of Amos Elwood Corning; fourth cousin once removed of Archibald Meserole Bliss.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Image source: Ithaca (N.Y.) Journal, August 7, 1934 John Fairfield Dryden (1839-1911) — also known as John F. Dryden — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Temple, Franklin County, Maine, August 7, 1839. Republican. Founder and president, Prudential Insurance Company of America; director, U.S. Steel Corporation; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1902-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904. Presbyterian. Died, from pneumonia two weeks after surgery to remove gallstones, in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 24, 1911 (age 72 years, 109 days). Entombed at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.   Relatives: Son of John Fairfield Dryden and Elizabeth (Butterfield) Dryden; married 1864 to Cynthia Jennings Fairchild; grandfather of John Dryden Kuser; great-grandfather of Anthony Dryden Marshall.   Political family: Dryden-Marshall family of New York City, New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, March 1902   Edward Warden Hyde (1868-1930) — also known as Edward W. Hyde — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, August 9, 1868. Republican. Shipbuilder; president, Bath Iron Works; mayor of Bath, Maine, 1902-05; postmaster at Bath, Maine, 1911. Died in 1930 (age about 61 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Annie (Hayden) Hyde and Thomas Worcester Hyde; brother of John Sedgwick Hyde; married, December 4, 1902, to Alice Mays Morse; grandson of Zina Hyde Jr.; second cousin of Charles Edward Hyde; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); second cousin four times removed of Samuel Huntington; third cousin once removed of William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus and Henry Titus Backus; third cousin twice removed of James Hillhouse, Roger Griswold, Elijah Abel, Phineas Lyman Tracy and Albert Haller Tracy; third cousin thrice removed of John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; fourth cousin of Joseph Lyman Huntington and Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Hale Sill, Bela Edgerton, Frederick William Lord, Theodore Sill, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington and Alonzo Mark Leffingwell.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   William Shepherd Linnell (1885-1968) — also known as William S. Linnell — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Biddeford, York County, Maine, July 21, 1885. Republican. Lawyer; president, Portland Gas Light Company; director, National Bank of Commerce, Portland director, Bancroft & Martin Rolling Mills Company; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1925-28; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1937-40. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, February 14, 1968 (age 82 years, 208 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Franklin Linnell and Sarah C. (Shepherd) Linnell; married, November 12, 1912, to Jessie E. Hopkinson.   Charles Augustus McCullough (1849-1914) — also known as C. A. McCullough — of Calais, Washington County, Maine. Born in Calais, Washington County, Maine, 1849. Republican. Iron and brass foundry business; mayor of Calais, Maine, 1889-91; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1892-95; member of Maine state senate, 1896-97; U.S. Consul in St. Stephen, 1897-1914, died in office 1914. Died in Calais, Washington County, Maine, April 30, 1914 (age about 64 years). Burial location unknown.   James L. Nutting (1818-1880) — of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa. Born in Cumberland County, Maine, June 12, 1818. Republican. School teacher and principal; iron works operator; candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1876. Died June 20, 1880 (age 62 years, 8 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, October 15, 1851, to Barbara Ann Graeff.   Henry Brewer Quinby (1846-1924) — also known as Henry B. Quinby — of Gilford, Belknap County, N.H.; Lakeport, Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Biddeford, York County, Maine, June 10, 1846. Republican. Iron manufacturer; banker; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of New Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1889-90; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1891-92; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1892; Governor of New Hampshire, 1909-11. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 8, 1924 (age 77 years, 243 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Quinby and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby; married, June 22, 1870, to Octavia M. Cole.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Nathan Read (1759-1849) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass.; Belfast, Waldo County, Maine. Born in Warren, Worcester County, Mass., July 2, 1759. School teacher; apothecary; iron foundry business; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1800-03; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1803. Died near Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, January 20, 1849 (age 89 years, 202 days). Interment at Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Reuben Read and Tamsen (Meacham) Read; married to Elizabeth Jeffrey; great-grandfather of Charles Kirk Tilden; first cousin twice removed of John Hill Walbridge and Henry E. Walbridge; second cousin once removed of John Adams Dix; second cousin twice removed of Charles Otis Nason; third cousin of Jabez Upham and George Baxter Upham; third cousin once removed of Timothy Bigelow, Rufus Heaton, Alexander Wheelock Thayer, James Phineas Upham and John Ogden Bigelow; third cousin twice removed of Cheney Ames, Leonard Ames Jr., Edgar Weeks, John Wingate Weeks and Alexander Cook Thayer; third cousin thrice removed of William Greene Dows, Bernard Forrest Bemis, John A. Weeks and Charles Sinclair Weeks; fourth cousin of Phineas Lyman Tracy, Albert Haller Tracy and John Prescott Bigelow; fourth cousin once removed of Gideon Hard, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor and Alvarus Payson Adams.   Political families: Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Upham family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, November 25, 1835. Democrat. Shipbuilder; part owner of the Bath Iron Works; president, Maine Central Railroad; director for other railroads; president, Bath National Bank; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1876, 1880 (member, Credentials Committee), 1888; member of Democratic National Committee from Maine, 1888-96; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1896. Swedenborgian. Suffered a stroke of apoplexy and died three days later, in Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine, September 5, 1900 (age 64 years, 284 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.   Relatives: Son of William Dunning Sewall and Rachel Allen (Trufant) Sewall; married to Emma Duncan Crooker; father of Harold Marsh Sewall; grandfather of Arthur Sewall (1887-1961), Loyall Farragut Sewall, Sumner Sewall and Arthur Sewall II; first cousin of Daniel Albert Cony; first cousin twice removed of Chase Mellen Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Sewall; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Homan Manley.   Political family: Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York Public Library

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