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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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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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Edward W. Buckley (b. 1877) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, October
14, 1877.
Democrat. Printing executive; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1907-08.
Member, Typographical
Union; Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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George B. Chandler (born c.1866) —
of Rocky Hill, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Fryeburg, Oxford
County, Maine, about 1866.
Republican. Publisher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Rocky Hill, 1909-12.
Burial location unknown.
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William Francis Curran (b. 1863) —
also known as William F. Curran —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Brewer, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 27,
1863.
Democrat. Printer; insurance
and real
estate business; postmaster at Bangor,
Maine, 1915-23; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Curran and Julia (O'Connell) Curran. |
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John Henry Dooley (b. 1869) —
also known as John H. Dooley —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
20, 1869.
Democrat. Printer; treasurer of
Maine Democratic Party, 1928; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1930-31.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Dooley and Catherine (McHugh) Dooley; married, June 23,
1891, to Honora Cassidy. |
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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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Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) —
of Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, August
27, 1809.
Farmer;
surveyor;
compositor; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81; Governor of
Maine, 1857; Vice
President of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1864,
1868;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1881-82.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 4,
1891 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine; statue at Kenduskeag Parkway, Bangor, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother of Elijah
Livermore Hamlin; married, December
10, 1833, to Sarah Jane Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); married, September
25, 1856, to Ellen
Vesta Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); father of Charles
Hamlin and Hannibal
Emery Hamlin; granduncle of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; great-granduncle of Clarence
Cutting Stetson; first cousin once removed of John
Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Charles
Sumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed of David
Sears; fourth cousin of George
Pickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Fisk Janes, John
Mason Jr., William
Henry Harrison Stowell, Walter
S. Bemis and Eldred
C. Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Hamlin-Bemis
family of Bangor, Maine; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Hamlin County,
S.Dak. is named for him. |
| | | The town
of Hamlin,
Maine, is named for
him. — The town
of Hamlin,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Hamlin,
Kansas, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 at South
Portland, Maine; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. — Hannibal Hamlin Hall,
at the University
of Maine, Orono,
Maine, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Hannibal Hamlin: Charles
Eugene Hamlin, The
Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins, Hannibal |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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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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Henry W. Knight (c.1846-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Maine, about 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
publishing business; president, Young Men's Republican Club of
Brooklyn, 1884.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, in Pilcher Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 2,
1917 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alton T. Roberts (b. 1880) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Stockton, Waldo
County, Maine, March 9,
1880.
Republican. Real estate
business; publishing business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1924;
member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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