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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts, including a vicuna
coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange;
Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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James Anton (1914-2006) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., March
22, 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946-47.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles.
Died March
23, 2006 (age 92 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Blaylock Atherton (b. 1900) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
6, 1900.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Nashua 1st Ward,
1937-43, 1945-48; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1943-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Rotary;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Henry B. Atherton and Dr. Ella (Blaylock) Atherton; married,
September
6, 1924, to Katherine E. Bremner. |
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George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) —
also known as George L. Balcom —
of Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.; Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Sudbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
9, 1819.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1855-57; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90.
Episcopalian.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 13,
1900 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Charles Foster Bass (b. 1952) —
also known as Charles F. Bass; Charlie
Bass —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1952.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Rep. William
S. Cohen, 1974; staff for U.S. Rep David
F. Emery, 1975-79; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1982-88; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1984; member of
New
Hampshire state senate, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1995-; defeated
in primary, 1980.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Hutchins Bingham (1864-1949) —
also known as George H. Bingham —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., August
19, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1902-13; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1913-39; took
senior status 1939.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
25, 1949 (age 85 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jeb Bradley (b. 1952) —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine, October
20, 1952.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1990-2002; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 2003-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Carl E. Brown (b. 1878) —
of McCall, Valley
County, Idaho.
Born in Whitefield, Coos
County, N.H., September
10, 1878.
Democrat. Merchant;
mining
business; lumber
business; member of Idaho
state senate, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1940,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Warren G. Brown and Charlotte (Elliott) Brown; married, August
23, 1902, to Ida Harrington. |
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Sherman Everett Burroughs (1870-1923) —
also known as Sherman E. Burroughs —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
6, 1870.
Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Rep. Henry
M. Baker, 1894-97; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; member, New
Hampshire state board of charities and corrections, 1901-17; member,
New Hampshire state board of equalization, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1917-23; died in
office 1923.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1923 (age 52 years, 355
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) —
also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr.
Greenbacks" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
13, 1808.
Republican. Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1846; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of
Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1873 (age 65 years, 114
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Ithamar Chase and Janette Chase; married to Eliza Ann Smith;
father of Katherine Jane 'Kate' Chase (who married William
Sprague); nephew of Dudley
Chase; cousin *** of Dudley
Chase Denison. |
| | | Political families: Sprague
family of Providence, Rhode Island; Chase
family of Vermont (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Chase County,
Kan. is named for him. |
| | | Chase Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at Harvard
University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Salmon P. Chase (built 1942 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Chase
S. Osborn
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on various U.S. currency, including $1 and $10 notes in
the 1860s, and the $10,000 bill from 1918 to 1946.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Salmon P. Chase: Frederick
J. Blue, Salmon
P. Chase : A Life in Politics — John Niven, Salmon
P. Chase : A Biography — Albert B. Hart, Salmon
P. Chase — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham
Lincoln |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Clinton Albert Cilley (1837-1900) —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
10, 1837.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Lenoir, N.C., 1875-79.
Episcopalian.
Died May 9,
1900 (age 63 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Plummer Cilley and Adelaide Ayers (Haines) Cilley; married
to Emma Sophia Harper. |
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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928
(speaker);
Honorary
Consul for Japan in Boston,
Mass., 1929; president, Old Colony Trust
Company; director, United Fruit
Co., Revere Sugar Co.,
First National Bank of
Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper);
board member, Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Frederick William Dallinger (1871-1955) —
also known as Frederick W. Dallinger —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Center Lovell, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
2, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1896-99; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1915-25, 1926-32;
defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1924; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1932-42.
Episcopalian.
Died in North Conway, Conway, Carroll
County, N.H., September
5, 1955 (age 83 years, 338
days).
Interment at Center
Lovell Cemetery, Center Lovell, Lovell, Maine.
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William Alfred Eddy (1896-1962) —
also known as Bill Eddy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Beirut, Lebanon.
Born, to American parents, in Sidon, Syria (now Lebanon),
March
9, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; college
professor; president
of Hobart College and William Smith College, Geneva, N.Y., 1936-42;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Minister to
Saudi Arabia, 1944-46; Middle East consultant, Arabian American
Oil
Company, 1947-62.
Episcopalian.
Died May 3,
1962 (age 66 years, 55
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Sidon, Lebanon.
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Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1816-1896) —
also known as Benjamin F. Flanders —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Bristol, Grafton
County, N.H., January
26, 1816.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1862-63; Governor of
Louisiana; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1870-72; candidate for Louisiana
state treasurer, 1888.
Episcopalian.
Opposed secession in 1861; driven out of New Orleans, leaving his
family behind; returned in 1862 when the city was taken by Union
troops.
Died near Youngsville, Lafayette
Parish, La., March
13, 1896 (age 80 years, 47
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) —
also known as Joseph C. Grew —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Manchester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1880.
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1904-06; secretary to American delegation, Armistace
conference of Supreme War Council, Versailles, 1918; secretary
general with rank of Minister, American Commission to Negotiate
Peace, Paris, 1918-19; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1920-21; Switzerland, 1921-24; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1927-32; Japan, 1932-38.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Navy
League.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed an open letter in 1954
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.
Died May 25,
1965 (age 84 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Warren Hackett (b. 1841) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., April
11, 1841.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Portsmouth, 1877;
U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1900-01.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Young Hackett and Olive (Pickering) Hackett;
married, April
21, 1880, to Ida Craven. |
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Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
22, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in
office 1931.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
22, 1931 (age 48 years, 273
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Oren Tracy Hayes (1827-1894) —
also known as Oren T. Hayes —
of Georges Mills, Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
2, 1827.
Democrat. Merchant;
justice of the peace; lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1855; postmaster at Hastings,
Minn., 1855-56; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1859-60; major in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 7, 1863.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn., March
24, 1894 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hermon Holt (1844-1934) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., September
7, 1844.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1889-91; member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1895-96.
Episcopalian.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., November
25, 1934 (age 90 years, 79
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Henry Oakes Kent (1834-1909) —
also known as Henry O. Kent —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., February
7, 1834.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1870; member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1885-86; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1894, 1896.
Episcopalian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died March
21, 1909 (age 75 years, 42
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938) —
also known as Henry W. Keyes —
of Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., May 23,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1891-95, 1915-17;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1903-04; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1917-19; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1919-37.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in North Haverhill, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., June 19,
1938 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oxbow
Cemetery, Newbury, Vt.
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Rae S. Laraba (b. 1905) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
15, 1905.
Republican. Secretary to U.S. Sen. George
H. Moses; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1945-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Portsmouth
4th Ward, 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George A. Laraba and Isabella (Rae) Laraba; married 1941 to
Margaret J. O'Leary. |
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Nathan Langley Marden (1896-1957) —
also known as Nathan L. Marden —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Chichester, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
9, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
agent; candidate for mayor
of Oshkosh, Wis., 1951.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died May 10,
1957 (age 61 years, 90
days).
Cremated.
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Stephen E. Merrill (b. 1946) —
also known as Steve Merrill —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 21,
1946.
Republican. Lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1984-89; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1993-97.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Otis Nason (1828-1903) —
also known as Charles O. Nason —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., September
20, 1828.
Republican. Superintendent of wood department, John Deere Co. Plow
Works; director and treasurer, Moline Plow
Works; treasurer, People's Power
Company; mayor of
Moline, Ill., 1887-89.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
7, 1903 (age 75 years, 78
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.; Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died, from leukemia,
in Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Walter Rutherford Peterson (1922-2011) —
also known as Walter Peterson —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
19, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1961-69; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1965-69; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1969-73; president,
Franklin Pierce College; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1988
(alternate), 2008.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange;
Lions;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 1,
2011 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) —
also known as "Young Hickory"; "Young
Hickory of the Granite Hills"; "The Fainting
General" —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
23, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1829-33; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1833-37; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1837-42; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; President
of the United States, 1853-57; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1856.
Episcopalian.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
8, 1869 (age 64 years, 319
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin
Pierce and Anna (Kendrick) Pierce; half-brother of Elizabeth
Andrews Pierce (who married John
McNeil Jr.); married, November
19, 1834, to Jane
Means Appleton; uncle of Anne McNeil (who married Tappan
Wentworth); cousin by marriage of David
Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah
Sabin. |
| | | Political families: Wentworth-Pitman
family of New Hampshire; Merriam
family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Pierce counties in Ga., Neb., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Franklin Pierce University,
Rindge,
New Hampshire, is named for
him. — Mount
Pierce (formerly called Bald Mountain; later, Mount Clinton; received
current name 1913), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Franklin
P. Saunders
— Frank
P. Woodbury
— Frank
P. Holland
— Frank
P. Dunwell
— Frank
Tyler
— F.
P. Combest
— F.
Pierce Mortimer
— Franklin
P. Owen
— Franklin
P. Stoy
— Frank
P. Alspaugh
— Franklin
P. Monfort
— Franklin
Pierce Lambert
— Franklin
Pierce McGowan
— Franklin
Pierce Huddle, Jr.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Franklin Pierce: Roy
Nichols, Franklin
Pierce : Young Hickory of the Granite Hills — Larry
Gara, The
Presidency of Franklin Pierce |
| | | Critical books about Franklin Pierce:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Nathaniel Rogers (1892-1945) —
also known as William N. Rogers —
of Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Sanbornville, Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H., January
10, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917, 1919, 1921; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1923-25, 1932-37;
defeated, 1918, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1936.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., September
25, 1945 (age 53 years, 258
days).
Interment at Lovell
Lake Cemetery, Sanbornville, Wakefield, N.H.
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Ballard Smith (1821-1866) —
of Cannelton, Perry
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., January
13, 1821.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1855-57; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1857; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., October
3, 1866 (age 45 years, 263
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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David Hackett Souter (b. 1939) —
also known as David H. Souter —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1939.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1976-78; superior court judge
in New Hampshire, 1978-83; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1983-90; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1990; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-2009; took senior status 2009.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1833-1922) —
also known as Oliver L. Spaulding —
of St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Jaffrey, Cheshire
County, N.H., August
2, 1833.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1867-70; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1881-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
1922 (age 88 years, 362
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Potter Stewart (1915-1985) —
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., January
23, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1954-58; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1958-81; took senior status 1981.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Skull
and Bones.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., December
7, 1985 (age 70 years, 318
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer;
Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, in
court, while reading his dissent in the case of Girouard v.
United States, and died later that day, in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Scollay Taft (b. 1844) —
also known as James S. Taft —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 16,
1844.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; pottery
manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; mayor of
Keene, N.H., 1903-05.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Taft and Nancy (Burnap) Taft; married, January
9, 1874, to Helen A. Ball. |
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Edward Dale Toland (b. 1886) —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
11, 1886.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1924-26; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Gardner Clyde Turner (b. 1910) —
also known as Gardner C. Turner —
of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Ludlow, Hampden
County, Mass., March 3,
1910.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Sullivan,
1948; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1961.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Jaycees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clyde A. Turner and G. (Estes) Turner; married, August
16, 1941, to Virginia Wells. |
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John Gilbert Winant (1889-1947) —
also known as John G. Winant —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
23, 1889.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917-18, 1923-24;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1921-22; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1925-27, 1931-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Credentials
Committee), 1932;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1941-46.
Episcopalian.
Died by self-inflicted
pistol
shot, in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
3, 1947 (age 58 years, 253
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's School, Concord, N.H.
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