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  Charles Putnam Barnes (1869-1951) — also known as Charles P. Barnes — of Norway, Oxford County, Maine; Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, October 12, 1869. Republican. School principal; superintendent of schools; lawyer; Oxford County Attorney, 1904-09; member of Maine state house of representatives from Aroostook County, 1917-22; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1921-22; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1924-39; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1939-40; resigned 1940. Baptist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, December 14, 1951 (age 82 years, 63 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Isa A. (Putnam) Barnes and Francis Barnes; married, August 19, 1896, to Annie Maud Richardson; father of George Butler Barnes.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Thompson Boothby and Sophia Packard (Brett) Boothby; married, October 25, 1871, to Adelaide Endora Smith.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Oliver Barrett Clason (b. 1850) — also known as Oliver B. Clason — of Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, September 28, 1850. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1889-93; mayor of Gardiner, Maine, 1894-96; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1895-97; member of Maine state senate from Kennebec County, 1897-1901. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Pell Clason and Sarah (Temple) Clason; married, April 30, 1884, to Lizzie J. Trott; father of Charles Russell Clason.
  Leslie Colby Cornish (1854-1925) — also known as Leslie C. Cornish — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, October 8, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1878; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1907-17; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1917-25; resigned 1925. Unitarian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, June 24, 1925 (age 70 years, 259 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Colby Coombs Cornish and Pauline Bailey (Simpson) Cornish; married, October 10, 1883, to Fannie Woodman Holmes.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
William P. Frye William Pierce Frye (1830-1911) — also known as William P. Frye — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, September 2, 1830. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1861-62; Republican Presidential Elector for Maine, 1864; mayor of Lewiston, Maine, 1865-66; Maine state attorney general, 1867-69; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1871-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1872, 1876, 1880; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1872-80; Maine Republican state chair, 1881; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1881-1911; died in office 1911. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. One of the founders of Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine. Died in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, August 8, 1911 (age 80 years, 340 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of John March Frye and Alice M. (Davis) Frye; married 1853 to Caroline Spear; grandfather of Wallace Humphrey White Jr. and Caroline Frye Briggs (daughter-in-law of Garret Augustus Hobart and Jennie Tuttle Hobart; who married Garret Augustus Hobart Jr.); second great-grandfather of Garret Augustus Hobart IV.
  Political family: Hobart family of Paterson, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Wallace H. White, Jr.
  The William P.Frye, a four-masted barque (built 1901 in Bath, Maine; scuttled by the Imperial German Navy in the Atlantic Ocean, 1915; first U.S. vessel sunk during World War I) was named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS William Pierce Frye (built 1943 at South Portland, Maine; torpedoed and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — BillionGraves burial record
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1901
  Edward Kelloch Gould (b. 1865) — also known as E. K. Gould — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, September 28, 1865. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Rockland, Maine, 1901-02. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Adoptive son of Stephen Gould and Rosetta J. Gould; married, September 24, 1891, to Fanny W. Dennis.
  Merle Dixon Graves (b. 1887) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass.; Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, October 13, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Fourth Hampden District, 1921-24. Congregationalist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Phi Gamma Delta; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Lucien Chase Graves and Annie (Dixon) Graves; married, December 27, 1910, to Clara Cooley Stevenson.
  Frank Edward Guernsey (1866-1927) — also known as Frank E. Guernsey — of Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. Born in Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis County, Maine, October 15, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1897-99; member of Maine state senate, 1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908; U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1908-17. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 1, 1927 (age 60 years, 78 days). Interment at Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Hannah M. (Thompson) Guernsey and Edward H. Guernsey; married, June 16, 1897, to Josephine F. Lyford.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Boardman Hall (b. 1856) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, April 17, 1856. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts state auditor, 1892; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1896. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Col. Joseph Frye Hall and Mary M. (Farrow) Hall; married 1892 to Mary E. Hamlin.
William M. Ingraham William Moulton Ingraham (1870-1951) — also known as William M. Ingraham — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 2, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; Cumberland County Probate Judge, 1907-14; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1915; U.S. Assistant Secretary of War, 1916-17; U.S. Surveyor of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1917-22; 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; Lions. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 12, 1951 (age 80 years, 344 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Darius Holbrook Ingraham and Ella (Moulton) Ingraham; married, June 1, 1901, to Jessamine P. Damsel.
  Image source: Portland (Maine) Evening Express, November 10, 1917
  Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known as Horatio C. King — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, December 22, 1837. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive candidate for New York state comptroller, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Received Medal of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29, 1865. Died November 15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Horatio King and Anne (Collins) King; married 1862 to Emma C. Stebbins; married 1866 to Esther A. Howard; grandfather of Constance Gray (who married Merwin Kimball Hart).
  Political family: Hart family of New York.
William R. Pattangall 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. School teacher; 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; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, October 21, 1942 (age 77 years, 114 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine; cenotaph at Forest Hill Cemetery, Pembroke, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Ezra Lincoln Pattangall and Arethusa Brigham (Longfellow) Pattangall; married, June 6, 1884, to Jean Mary Johnson; married, September 27, 1892, to Gertrude Helen McKenzie.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
  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
  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.
  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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