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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.
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John Appleton (1815-1864) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
11, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to
Russia, 1860-61.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
22, 1864 (age 49 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of John White Appleton and Sophia (Williams) Appleton; married 1840 to Susan
Lovering Dodge; nephew of James
Appleton and Nathan
Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Appleton, William
Appleton, Elijah
Livermore Hamlin and Hannibal
Hamlin; first cousin thrice removed of Randolph
Appleton Kidder; second cousin of John
Appleton (1804-1891), Jane
Pierce, Charles
Hamlin and Hannibal
Emery Hamlin; second cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; second cousin twice removed of Arthur
Taggard Appleton and Clarence
Cutting Stetson; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards, Leverett
Saltonstall and Richard
Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin of Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Aaron
Burr, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; fourth cousin of Thomas
Passmore Treadwell; fourth cousin once removed of John
Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas
Appleton, Leonard
White, Jedediah
Sabin, Charles
Robert Sherman, Theodore
Davenport, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Robert
Odiorne Treadwell and George
Pickering Bemis. |
| | | 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). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells, York
County, Maine.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 27,
1862.
Democrat. Magazine editor; author; playwright;
candidate for mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1894; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921.
Died, from intestinal
cancer, in City Hospital,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., January
21, 1922 (age 59 years, 239
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married, March 3,
1886, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married, April
27, 1904, to Mary Blakeney Gray. |
| | | Image source: American Review of
Reviews, March 1922 |
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Frank Swett Black (1853-1913) —
also known as Frank S. Black —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born near Limington, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1853.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1895-97; resigned
1897; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904;
Governor
of New York, 1897-99.
Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March
22, 1913 (age 60 years, 14
days).
Cremated.
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George Ellsworth Boomer (1862-1915) —
also known as George E. Boomer; "Uncle
Sam" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.; Prosser, Benton
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Leavenworth, Chelan
County, Wash.; Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.; Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Wash.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, November
28, 1862.
Socialist. Printer;
president,
Rhode Island Central Labor Union, 2 years; newspaper editor and
publisher; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1893; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1908; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1914.
Member, International
Typographical Union.
Died in Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Wash., April 5,
1915 (age 52 years, 128
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Addison Boutelle (1839-1901) —
also known as Charles A. Boutelle —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine, February
9, 1839.
Republican. Shipmaster;
served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1876,
1888
(delegation chair); U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1883-1901 (at-large 1883-85, 4th
District 1885-1901); resigned 1901.
Died in Waverly, Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 21,
1901 (age 62 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Samuel Brannan (1819-1889) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, March 2,
1819.
Republican. Printer;
founded the California Star, the first
newspaper in San Francisco, 1847; member of California
state senate, 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California.
Mormon.
Died in Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif., May 5,
1889 (age 70 years, 64
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Brannan and Sarah (Emery) Brannan. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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James Brooks (1810-1873) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
10, 1810.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1835; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1848; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1849-53, 1863-66, 1867-73 (6th
District 1849-53, 8th District 1863-66, 1867-73, 6th District 1873);
died in office 1873; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Censured
by the House in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier bribery
scandal.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1873 (age 62 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John William Brown (c.1867-1941) —
also known as John W. Brown —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Canada,
about 1867.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; carpenter;
labor
organizer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1904; candidate
for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1907; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1910; newspaper columnist.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
While working on his hunting
rifle, it accidentally
discharged, and he died soon after, in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, June 19,
1941 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Chick Burleigh (1843-1916) —
also known as Edwin C. Burleigh —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Linneus, Aroostook
County, Maine, November
27, 1843.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Maine
state treasurer, 1885-88; Governor of
Maine, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President); U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1897-1911; defeated,
1910; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1913-16; died in office 1916.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 16,
1916 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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Edward Nelson Dingley (b. 1862) —
also known as Edward N. Dingley —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, August
21, 1862.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st
District, 1899-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1900;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1912, 1914.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Neal Dow (1840-1934) —
also known as Fred N. Dow —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
23, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; president, Portland Gas
Light Company; president, Portland Railroad
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1880,
1916,
1928
(speaker),
1932;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1883-85, 1890-95; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1887-90; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1889-90.
Died November
27, 1934 (age 93 years, 339
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roscoe C. Emery (b. 1886) —
of Eastport, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Eastport, Washington
County, Maine, March
28, 1886.
Republican. School
principal; partner in Emery Bros. fish packing
firm; newspaper publisher; member of Maine
state senate 15th District, 1921-24; mayor
of Eastport, Maine, 1928-31, 1935-36.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
Zeta
Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Stillman Fifield (1839-1915) —
also known as Samuel S. Fifield —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis.
Born in Corinna, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 24,
1839.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1874-76; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1877-81; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1882-87; postmaster at Ashland,
Wis., 1889-93, 1897-1914.
Died in Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis., February
17, 1915 (age 75 years, 238
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Wis.
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Arthur Elbridge Forbes (b. 1862) —
also known as Arthur E. Forbes —
of South Paris, Paris, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, May 30,
1862.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; printing
business; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Oxford County, 1919-22.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elbridge Forbes and Angeline (Thayer) Forbes; married, August
18, 1913, to Alice M. Douglass. |
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Ezra Bartlett French (1810-1880) —
also known as Ezra B. French —
of Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H., September
23, 1810.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1838-40; member of Maine
state senate, 1842-45; secretary
of state of Maine, 1845-50; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1859-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
24, 1880 (age 69 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Damariscotta, Maine.
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John Robert French (1819-1890) —
also known as John R. French —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Lake
County, Ohio; Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., May 28,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1858-59; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1867-69;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. Senate, 1869-79.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
2, 1890 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Anne Macomber Gannett (c.1883-1951) —
also known as Anne M. Gannett; Anne Johnson Macomber;
Mrs. Guy P. Gannett —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, about 1883.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1922-38; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1940;
vice-president and treasurer, Guy P. Gannett newspapers.
Female.
Christian
Scientist.
Died in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 22,
1951 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Patterson Gannett (1881-1954) —
also known as Guy P. Gannett —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
27, 1881.
Republican. Publisher of newspapers and owner of radio
stations; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1916;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1917-18; member of Maine
state senate 7th District, 1919-20; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1920-28.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
24, 1954 (age 72 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic Webster Goding (1858-1933) —
also known as Frederic W. Goding —
of Rutland, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 9,
1858.
School
teacher; college
professor; physician;
newspaper editor; justice of the peace; U.S. Consul in Newcastle, 1898-1907; Montevideo, 1907-13; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1913-24.
Died in Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 5,
1933 (age 74 years, 361
days).
Interment at Lamb
Cemetery, Livermore, Maine.
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Elihu Burritt Hayes (1848-1903) —
also known as Elihu B. Hayes —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in West Lebanon, Lebanon, York
County, Maine, April
26, 1848.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighteenth Essex District, 1880;
mayor
of Lynn, Mass., 1892-93.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., April 1,
1903 (age 54 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Anson Herrick (1812-1868) —
of New York.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, January
21, 1812.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1863-65.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1868 (age 56 years, 16
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton, White Pine
County, Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April
22, 1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Freeman Tulley Knowles (1846-1910) —
also known as Freeman Knowles —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa; Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Harmony, Somerset
County, Maine, October
10, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1897-99.
Died in Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., June 1,
1910 (age 63 years, 234
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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Patricia Helen LaMarche (b. 1960) —
also known as Pat LaMarche; Genny Judge —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
26, 1960.
Green. Radio talk
show host; Green Independent candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1998, 2006; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; newspaper columnist.
Female.
Irish
and French
Canadian ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Genevieve (Judge) LaMarche and Paul Henri LaMarche;
married 1983 to
Michael Russell. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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John Lynch (1825-1892) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
19, 1825.
Republican. Newspaper manager; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1862-64; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1865-73; brick and clay
tile manufacturer.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 21,
1892 (age 67 years, 153
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Joseph Homan Manley (1842-1905) —
also known as Joseph H. Manley —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
13, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster at Augusta,
Maine, 1881-85, 1889-92; publisher, Maine Farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1888,
1900;
speaker, 1896;
Maine
Republican state chair, 1888-96; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1896; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1896.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
7, 1905 (age 62 years, 117
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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George Higgins Moses (1869-1944) —
also known as George H. Moses —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Lubec, Washington
County, Maine, February
9, 1869.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1908
(alternate), 1916,
1928
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944;
U.S. Minister to Greece, 1909-12; Montenegro, 1909-12; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1918-33; defeated, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
20, 1944 (age 75 years, 315
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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Charles Emerson Nash (1838-1904) —
also known as Charles E. Nash —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., October
11, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1876-79.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
25, 1904 (age 65 years, 137
days).
Interment at Hallowell
Cemetery, Hallowell, Maine.
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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.
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William Robinson Pattangall (1865-1942) —
also known as William R. Pattangall —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Pembroke, Washington
County, Maine, June 29,
1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1897, 1901, 1909-11; Democratic
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1904 (4th District), 1913 (3rd
District), 1914 (3rd District); member of Maine
Democratic State Committee, 1905-07; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1911-14; Maine
state attorney general, 1911-12, 1915-16; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1916, 1919; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1920,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); Democratic candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1922, 1924; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1926-30; appointed 1926; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1930-35; appointed 1930;
resigned 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee); president, Depositors Trust Co..
Unitarian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died October
21, 1942 (age 77 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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John O. Patten (d. 1899) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Newspaper publisher; mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1851-52; member of Maine state legislature, 1880.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., 1899.
Burial location unknown.
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Fulton Jarvis Redman (1885-1969) —
also known as Fulton J. Redman —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine; Bar Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, March
12, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1916-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1924,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1924, 1926, 1942; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1940; president, Maine Publishing Corp., publishers of
Portland Evening News newspaper; director, Maine Broadcasting
System, Inc.
Congregationalist.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died in October, 1969
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Erastus Fulton Redman and Julia (Jarvis) Redman; married, April
14, 1914, to Florence E. Murphy. |
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James Swett Rowe (c.1835-1901) —
also known as J. Swett Rowe —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1835.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Consul
for Argentina in Bangor,
Maine, 1870-1901.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Greenville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, August
13, 1901 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Rowe and Joanna Atwood (Swett) Rowe; married 1856 to
Henrietta G. Gould. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Eliphalet Rowell (1822-1903) —
of Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 28,
1822.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1858, 1861, 1880-81; served in
the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Hallowell,
Maine, 1866-78; mayor
of Hallowell, Maine, 1890.
Baptist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
31, 1903 (age 81 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sophia (Warren) Rowell and Abijah Rowell; married 1844 to Ellen
Frances Smith. |
| | | Image source: Annual Report, Maine
Press Association (1899) |
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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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Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (1806-1876) —
of Maine.
Born in Brentwood, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
23, 1806.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1831; member of Maine
state senate, 1833; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1833-39 (2nd District 1833-35, 8th
District 1835-37, 6th District 1837-39); early promoter and financial
backer of the electric
telegraph.
Died in Deering (now part of Portland), Cumberland
County, Maine, October
14, 1876 (age 69 years, 326
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; re-entombed at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) —
also known as Margaret Chase —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, December
14, 1897.
Republican. School
teacher; business executive for Maine Telephone
& Telegraph
Co., for a country newspaper, and for the Cummings Woolen Co.;
member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1930-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1964.
Female.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1973; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Died May 29,
1995 (age 97 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Margaret
Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.
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Louis Carver Southard (b. 1854) —
also known as Louis C. Southard —
of Easton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, April 1,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1888-94; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1895-96; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lewis Southard and Linda Carver (Dennis) Southard;
married, June 1,
1881, to Nellie Copeland. |
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Albert Kingsley Stetson (1884-1930) —
also known as Albert K. Stetson —
of Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Clyde, Wayne
County, N.Y., January
26, 1884.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1924;
member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928.
Died in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, April 3,
1930 (age 46 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. F. Stetson and Nettie (Fowler) Stetson; married, December
24, 1915, to Hazel Hewes. |
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John Leavitt Stevens (1820-1895) —
also known as John L. Stevens —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, August
1, 1820.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Uruguay, 1870-73; Paraguay, 1870-73; Sweden, 1877-83; Hawaiian Islands, 1889-93.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
8, 1895 (age 74 years, 191
days).
Interment somewhere
in Augusta, Maine.
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Samuel Royal Thurston (1816-1851) —
of Oregon.
Born in Monmouth, Kennebec
County, Maine, April
15, 1816.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1849-51.
Died aboard
the steamer California, in the North
Pacific Ocean, April 9,
1851 (age 34 years, 359
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1853 at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Charles Elmer Waterman (b. 1858) —
also known as Charles E. Waterman —
of Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born March 2,
1858.
Socialist. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Brown Waterman and Sarah Abbie (Millett) Waterman; married,
January
1, 1882, to Clara Elizabeth Garland. |
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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.
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James Russell Wiggins (1903-2000) —
also known as J. Russell Wiggins —
Born in Luverne, Rock
County, Minn., December
4, 1903.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1968-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Managing editor of the Washington Post newspaper, 1947-66.
Died in Brooklin, Hancock
County, Maine, November
19, 2000 (age 96 years, 351
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Sedgwick, Maine.
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Amos Parker Wilder (1862-1936) —
also known as Amos P. Wilder —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Calais, Washington
County, Maine, February
15, 1862.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1906-09; Shanghai, 1909-14.
Congregationalist.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 2,
1936 (age 74 years, 138
days).
Interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hamden, Conn.
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