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Politician members in New Hampshire

  Hugh Henry Bownes (1920-2003) — also known as Hugh H. Bownes — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 10, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956; member of Democratic National Committee from New Hampshire, 1963; mayor of Laconia, N.H., 1963-65; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1966-68; U.S. District Judge for New Hampshire, 1968-77; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1977-90; took senior status 1990. Protestant. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Lions. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., November 5, 2003 (age 83 years, 240 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  Frank Rowe Kenison (b. 1907) — of New Hampshire. Born in Conway, Carroll County, N.H., November 1, 1907. Republican. Lawyer; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1940-42, 1945-46; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1946-52; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1952-77. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Delta Upsilon. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Arthur Edson Kenison and Isadore Gertrude (Rowe) Kenison; married, April 8, 1939, to Loretta M. Landry.
  John William King (1918-1996) — also known as John W. King — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Goffstown, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 10, 1918. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1954-62; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester 10th Ward, 1956; Governor of New Hampshire, 1963-69; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1968; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1969-79; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1979-81; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1981-86. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Knights of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; Moose. Started the first modern state lottery in 1963. Died, of heart trouble, at a nursing home in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 9, 1996 (age 77 years, 365 days). Interment at New St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bedford, N.H.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  William French Smith (1917-1990) — of San Marino, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Wilton, Hillsborough County, N.H., August 26, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1968 (delegation chair), 1972, 1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Attorney General, 1981-85. Member, American Judicature Society. Died, of cancer, October 29, 1990 (age 73 years, 64 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  Epitaph: "Beloved husband and father; Attorney General of the United States, 1981 - 1985"
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by William French Smith: Law and Justice in the Reagan Administration : The Memoirs of an Attorney General (1991)
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