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  Charles S. Adams (b. 1856) — of Searsmont, Waldo County, Maine; Liberty, Waldo County, Maine. Born in Searsmont, Waldo County, Maine, November 21, 1856. Republican. Farmer; lumber mill owner; superintendent of schools; member of Maine state house of representatives from Waldo County, 1919-20. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Adams and Nancy (Prescott) Adams; married, October 20, 1884, to Sarah J. Pearson; married, June 4, 1919, to Harriet Gilman.
  William Joseph Audibert (b. 1879) — also known as William J. Audibert — of Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine, July 21, 1879. Democrat. School teacher; lumber business; potato grower; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1919-22, 1931-32 (Aroostook County 1919-22, Aroostook County (13th) 1931-32). Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph L. Audibert and Elizabeth (Michaud) Audibert.
  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
  Whiting L. Butler (b. 1860) — of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine. Born in Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, April 12, 1860. Republican. Lumber business; superintendent of schools; member of Maine state senate 5th District, 1919-20. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Butler and Susan (Badger) Butler; married, December 31, 1891, to Myrtell L. Vaughan.
Charles H. Butterfield Charles H. Butterfield (b. 1834) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Born in Farmington, Franklin County, Maine, May 17, 1834. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; superintendent of schools; criminal court judge in Indiana, 1869-71; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1872-74. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: City of Evansville
  Arthur Chapman (b. 1873) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 6, 1873. School teacher; lawyer; superior court judge in Maine, 1925-42; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1942-45; resigned 1945. Member, Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Albion Keith Parris Chapman and Elizabeth Maria (Foss) Chapman; married, May 23, 1905, to Agnes Sleeth Fairbrother.
  Luther B. Chapman (b. 1849) — of Windham, Windham County, Vt. Born in Bethel, Oxford County, Maine, 1849. Republican. Insurance and real estate business; farmer; superintendent of schools; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Windham, 1898, 1910. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.
  Herbert Augustus Clark (b. 1873) — also known as Herbert A. Clark — of Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine. Born in Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine, December 17, 1873. Republican. School teacher; farmer; grocer; grain dealer; member of Maine state senate 11th District, 1921-24. Baptist. Member, Grange; Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Washington Clark and Angeline (Whittier) Clark; married, February 24, 1899, to Larissa Maude Hilton.
  Wiley C. Conary (b. 1880) — of Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Blue Hill, Hancock County, Maine, December 28, 1880. Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; Hancock County Attorney, 1909-10; member of Maine state house of representatives from Hancock County, 1917-20. Congregationalist. Member, Odd Fellows; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Albert R. Conary and Joanna S. (Candage) Conary; married, August 8, 1906, to Georgia B. Eaton.
  Charles Alvah Corliss (b. 1860) — also known as Charles A. Corliss — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, May 8, 1860. Democrat. School teacher; civil engineer; member of Maine state house of representatives from Sagadahoc County, 1919-20. Universalist. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William E. Corliss and Merinda (Howard) Corliss; married, April 18, 1906, to Clara E. Laflin.
  Frank Irving Cowan (b. 1888) — also known as Frank I. Cowan — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, May 20, 1888. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; president, State Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1935-40; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1939-40; Maine state attorney general, 1941-44. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Delta Upsilon; Phi Kappa Phi; Freemasons; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lewville A. Cowan and Fannie Evelyn (Woodworth) Cowan; brother of Walter Albion Cowan; married, October 11, 1913, to Helen Anna Caspar.
  Paul Henry Cram (b. 1879) — also known as Paul H. Cram — Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 26, 1879. School teacher; U.S. Vice Consul General in Marseille, 1905-09; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Marseille, 1909-14; U.S. Consul in Cette, as of 1919; Nancy, as of 1920; Regina, as of 1924-27. Burial location unknown.
  Charles S. Cummings (b. 1856) — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Gorham, Coos County, N.H., September 25, 1856. Republican. School teacher; pastor; Androscoggin County Sheriff, 1903-04; insurance business; mayor of Auburn, Maine, 1922-25. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Hiram T. Cummings and Eliza A. (Cloudman) Cummings; married 1882 to Carrie A. Neff; married 1886 to Addie F. Larrabee; married 1903 to Mildred E. Davis.
  Remi Alphonse Daigle (b. 1859) — also known as Remi A. Daigle — of Madawaska, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine, January 1, 1859. Republican. School teacher; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1895-96, 1919-22, 1931-32 (Aroostook County 1895-96, 1919-22, Aroostook County (12th) 1931-32); deputy collector of customs, 1898-1911. Catholic. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Didyme Daigle and Marie (Michaud) Daigle.
  Ernest T. Eaton (b. 1877) — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Deer Lodge, Powell County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont. Born in Atkinson, Piscataquis County, Maine, September 11, 1877. Superintendent of schools; founder in 1908, Billings Polytechnic Institute; (now Rocky Mountain College); president, 1931; member of Montana state house of representatives, 1915-19, 1923-25; member of Montana state senate, 1925-33; Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1935, 1941-49. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas O. Eaton and Delia E. (Bolster) Eaton; married 1911 to Augusta M. Valiton.
  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.
  Presumably named for: Roscoe Conkling
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Emery and Josephine (Holmes) Emery; married, October 22, 1919, to Vera G. Leonard.
Robert F. Fernald Robert Foss Fernald (b. 1890) — also known as Robert F. Fernald — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Winn, Penobscot County, Maine, October 4, 1890. School teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Catania, 1916-20; Stockholm, 1921-22; U.S. Consul in Stockholm, 1922-24; Gothenberg, 1924; Salonika, 1924-27; Lagos, 1927-29; Danzig, 1930; Tegucigalpa, 1930-31; Puerto Cabezas, 1931-32; La Paz, 1932-33; Madrid, 1939-41; Las Palmas, 1941-43; U.S. Consul General in Tananarive, as of 1948-49. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Fernald and Clara (Foss) Fernald; third cousin twice removed of John Greenleaf Whittier; fourth cousin once removed of Charles H. Eastman, Jonathan Harvey Rowell and Chester Abbott Rowell.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Flanders family of Vermont; Rowell family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1919)
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Alphonso Landon Goding and Lydia Mehitable (Chandler) Goding; married, June 8, 1880, to Ella Blanche Phelps.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cornelius A. Gower (1845-1932) — of Fenton, Genesee County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Abbot, Piscataquis County, Maine, July 3, 1845. Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools; Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1878-81; appointed 1878. Died in 1932 (age about 86 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Dora Walton.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Walter Llewellyn Gray (b. 1870) — of South Paris, Paris, Oxford County, Maine. Born in Paris, Oxford County, Maine, January 24, 1870. Lawyer; superintendent of schools; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1905. Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Lethbridge Gray and Julia Matilda (Morse) Gray; married, June 14, 1899, to Madge Shirley Wilson.
  Enoch Owen Greenleaf (b. 1853) — of Mt. Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine; Farmington, Franklin County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Starks, Somerset County, Maine, December 17, 1853. Democrat. Superintendent of schools; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1904. Universalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Enoch L. Greenleaf and Rebekah W. (Creaton) Greenleaf; married, March 27, 1881, to Cornelia Mayhew.
  Simon Moulton Hamlin (1866-1939) — also known as Simon M. Hamlin — of Standish, Cumberland County, Maine; South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Standish, Cumberland County, Maine, August 10, 1866. Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; mayor of South Portland, Maine, 1933-34; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1935-37; defeated, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1936. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Died in South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, July 27, 1939 (age 72 years, 351 days). Interment at Hamlin Cemetery, Standish, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Cotton Hamlin and Abby Moulton (Hasty) Hamlin; married, July 16, 1893, to Luetta Higgins; married, July 22, 1902, to Anne Wilson (Brackett) Hitchings; married, December 15, 1934, to Evelyn (Field) Ward.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  George Holbrook Hawes (1904-2002) — also known as George Hawes — of Ely, White Pine County, Nev.; Carson City, Nev. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, May 10, 1904. School teacher; automobile dealer; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1951-55; defeated, 1958 (Republican), 1972 (Democratic); candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, 1954. Member, Rotary; Elks. Member of an elected hospital board in 1988-98, making him probably the oldest elected official in the history of Nevada. Died, at the Evergreen Healthcare Center nursing home, Carson City, Nev., April 9, 2002 (age 97 years, 334 days). Burial location unknown.
  Samuel Freeman Hersey (1812-1875) — also known as Samuel F. Hersey — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, April 12, 1812. Republican. School teacher; lumber business; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1842, 1857, 1865; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1852-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1860, 1864; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1864-68; member of Maine state senate, 1868-69; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1870; U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1873-75; died in office 1875. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, February 3, 1875 (age 62 years, 297 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Charles Fletcher Johnson (1859-1930) — also known as Charles F. Johnson — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, February 14, 1859. Democrat. School principal; lawyer; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1892, 1894; mayor of Waterville, Maine, 1893-94; defeated, 1889, 1890; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1904 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1912, 1916 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee); member of Maine state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; member of Democratic National Committee from Maine, 1916; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1917-29. Unitarian. Member, Psi Upsilon; Freemasons. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 15, 1930 (age 71 years, 1 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William F. Johnson and Ruth S. (Boulter) Johnson; married, December 21, 1881, to Abbie W. Britton.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) — also known as James W. Johnson; James William Johnson — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., June 17, 1871. School principal; author; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09; university professor. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma Pi Phi; Phi Beta Sigma; Freemasons. Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which became known as the "Negro National Anthem". Killed in a car-train collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, June 26, 1938 (age 67 years, 9 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson; married 1910 to Grace Nail.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS James W. Johnson (built 1943 at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1971) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1988)
  John Winthrop Jones (1817-1887) — also known as J. Winthrop Jones — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine; Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, February 14, 1817. Democrat. School teacher; merchant; shipbuilder; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1860; lumber business. Died, from pneumonia, in Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass., September 19, 1887 (age 70 years, 217 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Theodore Jones and Catherine Winthrop (Sargent) Jones; married to Ann Maria Peters (sister of John Andrew Peters (1822-1904); aunt of John Andrew Peters (1864-1953)); first cousin twice removed of Winthrop Sargent; third cousin twice removed of Francis Williams Sargent.
  Political family: Sargent-Peters family of Ellsworth, Maine.
  Winthrop Park (created 1889; renamed 1941 as Msgr. McGolrick Park), in Brooklyn, New York, was named for him.
  Henry L. Joy (b. 1933) — of Crystal, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Macwahoc Plantation, Aroostook County, Maine, November 26, 1933. School teacher; superintendent of schools; member of Maine state house of representatives 9th District, 1992-2000, 2002-. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Lions; Freemasons; National Rifle Association. Still living as of 2010.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Herbert Carlyle Libby (1878-1965) — also known as Herbert C. Libby — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Burnham, Waldo County, Maine, December 28, 1878. Republican. Editor; superintendent of schools; mayor of Waterville, Maine, 1926-27. Congregationalist. Member, Rotary; Pi Kappa Delta; Zeta Psi. Died in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, February 27, 1965 (age 86 years, 61 days). Interment at Waterville Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac C. Libby and Helen M. (Green) Libby; married, December 21, 1912, to Mabel Esther Dunn.
  Jesse Felt Libby (1857-1936) — also known as Jesse F. Libby — of Gorham, Coos County, N.H. Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, February 12, 1857. School principal; lawyer; real estate business; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Company and Cascade Light and Power Company; director, president, Lancaster and Jefferson Electric Light Company; director, Gorham National Bank; promoter, director, Berlin Street Railway; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905. Congregationalist. Member, Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in 1936 (age about 79 years). Interment at Evans Cemetery, Gorham, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Abner Chace Libby and Lucy Spofford (Felt) Libby; married, June 2, 1879, to Eva Melissa Young; great-grandnephew of Peter Felt; first cousin once removed of Ira Saywood Libby; first cousin thrice removed of John Felt and Daniel Felt; second cousin of Charles Freeman Libby; second cousin twice removed of Dorman Felt and David Alvaro Felt; third cousin once removed of Marcellus Hazen Felt.
  Political family: Libby-Felt family of Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Littlefield Marble (b. 1876) — also known as Thomas L. Marble — of Gorham, Coos County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, December 24, 1876. School principal; lawyer; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-25; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1925-43; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-46; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 9th Ward, 1948. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; married, August 15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller.
  Marshall Noah McKusick (1841-1908) — also known as M. N. McKusick — of Calais, Washington County, Maine. Born in Baring, Washington County, Maine, March 12, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school teacher; lawyer; postmaster at Calais, Maine, 1882-85; mayor of Calais, Maine, 1886-88, 1906-07. Scottish ancestry. Died in Calais, Washington County, Maine, May 28, 1908 (age 67 years, 77 days). Interment at Calais Cemetery, Calais, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Levi McKusick and Frances (Marshall) McKusick; married, January 5, 1874, to Lucy Jane Bassford.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) — also known as Benjamin F. Mudge — of Lynn, Essex County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley County, Kan. Born in Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, August 11, 1817. Lawyer; school teacher; chemist; geologist; mayor of Lynn, Mass., 1852-53. Died November 21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102 days). Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  Relatives: Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge; married, September 16, 1842, to Mary E. Beckford.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  Doris Pike (b. 1896) — of Lubec, Washington County, Maine. Born in Maine, December, 1896. Republican. School teacher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1944. Female. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Chester L. Pike and Charlotte 'Lottie' (Avery) Pike; sister of Frank Avery Pike; niece of Jacob Clark Pike; first cousin of Sumner Tucker Pike and Moses Bernard Pike; third cousin twice removed of Caleb Cushing, James Shepard Pike and Frederick Augustus Pike; third cousin thrice removed of Smith Thompson.
  Political families: Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  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
  Horace Denver Ridlon (b. 1876) — also known as Horace D. Ridlon — of Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Newport, Penobscot County, Maine, February 24, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; superintendent of schools; member of Maine state house of representatives from Penobscot County, 1919-20. Member, Freemasons; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Stillman J. Ridlon and Nellie A. (Quimby) Ridlon.
  Albert Keith Smiley (1828-1912) — also known as Albert K. Smiley — Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine, March 17, 1828. School principal; created a resort hotel, now known as Mohonk Mountain House, where many important conferences were held; member, U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners, 1879-1912; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1888. Died in Redlands, San Bernardino County, Calif., December 2, 1912 (age 84 years, 260 days). Interment at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Phebe (Howland) Smiley and Daniel Smiley; married to Eliza Phelps Cornell.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Albert K. Smiley (built 1944 at Brunswick, Georgia, scrapped 1965) was named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Daughter of George Emery Chase and Carrie (Murray) Chase; married, May 14, 1930, to Clyde Harold Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — National Women's Hall of Fame
  Books about Margaret Chase Smith: Janann Sherman, No Place for a Woman : A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith — Eric R. Crouse, An American Stand: Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the Communist Menace, 1948-1972
William G. Smith William Gardner Smith (b. 1853) — also known as William G. Smith — of Sturgis, Meade County, S.Dak. Born in Northfield, Washington County, Maine, August 16, 1853. School teacher; physician; South Dakota railroad commissioner, 1899-1911. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Hancock Smith and Lucy (Gardner) Smith; married, August 27, 1885, to Nellie S. Williams.
  Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903
  Albert Moore Spear (1852-1929) — also known as Albert M. Spear — of Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Madison, Somerset County, Maine, March 17, 1852. Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1883-85; mayor of Gardiner, Maine, 1889-92; member of Maine state senate, 1891-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1900; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1902-16, 1917-23. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died January 31, 1929 (age 76 years, 320 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew P. Spear and Alice P. (Moore) Spear; married, July 6, 1875, to Helen Frances Andrews.
  Effie Ward Talbot (born c.1878) — also known as Effie W. Talbot; Effie Ward; Mrs. E. E. Talbot — of Machias, Washington County, Maine. Born in Whiting, Washington County, Maine, about 1878. Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1928; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932. Female. Congregationalist. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Silas M. Ward and Lucy (Hudson) Ward; married, April 8, 1899, to Edward Edgar Talbot.
  Earle Stanley Tyler (b. 1896) — also known as Earle S. Tyler — of Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, December 18, 1896. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1945-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956. Baptist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel H. Tyler and Ida P. (Grant) Tyler; married, June 30, 1925, to Elizabeth Parker.
  William Lincoln Walker (b. 1861) — also known as William L. Walker — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in New Portland, Somerset County, Maine, October 22, 1861. Republican. Farmer; lumber business; superintendent of schools; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of Maine state senate 8th District, 1913-20. Universalist. Member, Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Walker and Mary E. (Witham) Walker; married, April 6, 1887, to Nellie F. Allen.
  Frank Porter Washburn (b. 1876) — also known as Frank P. Washburn — of Perry, Washington County, Maine. Born in Perry, Washington County, Maine, September 5, 1876. Republican. Farmer; superintendent of schools; member of Maine state house of representatives from Washington County, 1913-20; member of Maine state senate 15th District, 1945. Unitarian. Member, Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles L. Washburn and Mary (Dana) Washburn; married 1901 to M. Louise Cedarwall.
  Alton Chapman Wheeler (b. 1877) — also known as Alton C. Wheeler — of South Paris, Paris, Oxford County, Maine. Born in Bethel, Oxford County, Maine, December 29, 1877. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer; one of the founders of the Paris Trust Company; incorporator of South Paris Savings Bank; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1911-14; Progressive candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maine. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Pierce Eliot Wheeler and Lucy E. (Chapman) Wheeler; married, April 18, 1905, to Edith H. Hayes.
  Benjamin White (1790-1860) — of Montville, Waldo County, Maine. Born in Goshen (now Vienna), Kennebec County, Maine, May 13, 1790. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; school teacher; farmer; sawmill business; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1829, 1841-42; U.S. Representative from Maine 5th District, 1843-45. Died in Montville, Waldo County, Maine, June 7, 1860 (age 70 years, 25 days). Interment at Halldale Cemetery, North Montville, Montville, Maine.
  Relatives: Married to Sarah Foster.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Sullivan Wiley (1808-1891) — also known as James S. Wiley — of Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis County, Maine; Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine. Born in Mercer, Somerset County, Maine, January 22, 1808. Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Maine 6th District, 1847-49. Died in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, December 21, 1891 (age 83 years, 333 days). Interment at Wiley Cemetery, Fryeburg, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Wiley and Abigail (Hazeltine) Wiley.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Stockbridge Patten Ham Wilson (b. 1860) — also known as J. S. P. H. Wilson — of Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, August 9, 1860. Democrat. School teacher; grain and hay business; U.S. Marshal; mayor of Auburn, Maine, 1900-01; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1910. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; United Commercial Travelers. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel H. Wilson and Caroline F. (Ham) Wilson.
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