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John True Abbott (1850-1914) —
also known as John T. Abbott —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., 1850.
Lawyer; law partner of Charles
H. Hersey; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1889-93; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1894-99.
Died in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., March 8,
1914 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Keene, N.H.
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Sewall Wester Abbott (1859-1943) —
also known as Sewall W. Abbott —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Tuftonboro, Carroll
County, N.H., April
11, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Wolfeboro Woolen Mills;
probate judge in New Hampshire, 1889-1921; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Redmen;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., January
3, 1943 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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George Everett Adams (1840-1917) —
also known as George E. Adams —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., June 18,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate 6th District, 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1883-91; defeated,
1890.
Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
5, 1917 (age 77 years, 109
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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George Herbert Adams (b. 1851) —
also known as George H. Adams —
of Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Campton, Grafton
County, N.H., May 18,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Pemigewasset National Bank;
trustee, Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank;
director, Pemigewasset Valley Railroad;
director, White Mountain Telephone
Co.; director, Plymouth Electric
Light Co.; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1876; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; member of New
Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1899-1900, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac L. Adams and Louisa C. (Blair) Adams; married, June 14,
1877, to Sarah Katherine Smith. |
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Amos Tappan Akerman (1821-1880) —
also known as Amos T. Akerman —
of Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
23, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1868; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney General, 1870-71.
Died in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., December
21, 1880 (age 59 years, 302
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga.
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Edgar Aldrich (1848-1921) —
of Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Pittsburg, Coos
County, N.H., February
5, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; Coos
County Solicitor, 1872-74, 1876-79; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1884-85; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1885; U.S.
District Judge for New Hampshire, 1891-1921; died in office 1921;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902.
English
ancestry.
Died in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., September
15, 1921 (age 73 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim C. Aldrich and Adeline Bedel (Haynes) Aldrich; married, October
7, 1872, to Louise M. Remick. |
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Jotham Powers Allds (1865-1923) —
also known as Jotham P. Allds —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., February
1, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1896-1902; member of New York
state senate, 1903-10 (26th District 1903-06, 27th District
1907-08, 37th District 1909-10); resigned 1910; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Accused
by Sen. Benn
Conger, in 1910, of accepting bribes
from bridge companies nine years earlier; following an investigation,
the State Senate found him
guilty by a vote of 40 to 9, and he resigned
to avoid expulsion.
Died, of liver
disease, at Norwich Memorial Hospital,
Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., September
11, 1923 (age 58 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jotham Gillis Allds and Lucy Charlotte (Powers)
Allds. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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1907 |
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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; railroad
promoter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in the Civil
War in Richmond,
Va., 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Eliot Allen (1873-1945) —
also known as John E. Allen —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., June 26,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1899-1906;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-24; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1924-34; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1934-43.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 24,
1945 (age 72 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. H. Allen and Ellen E. (Joslin) Allen; married, July 10,
1901, to Amy L. Abbott. |
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Harry Burton Amey (b. 1868) —
also known as Harry B. Amey —
of Milton, Strafford
County, N.H.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsburg, Coos
County, N.H., December
21, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; Vermont attorney for Grand Trunk Railway,
1902; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1904-08; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brighton, 1910; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1923-32.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John T. Amey and Emily (Haynes) Amey; married 1896 to Gracia
A. Norton. |
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George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) —
also known as George W. Anderson —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
1, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1917-18; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took
senior status 1931.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., February
14, 1938 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson;
married 1897 to Minnie
E. Mitchell; married, January
25, 1908, to Addie Earle Kenerson. |
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Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829-1923) —
also known as C. C. Andrews —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
27, 1829.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1859-60; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Minnesota; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1882-85; Minnesota Forestry Commissioner,
1895-1911.
Died September
21, 1923 (age 93 years, 329
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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John Appleton (1804-1891) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 12,
1804.
Lawyer; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1852-62; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1862-83.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
7, 1891 (age 86 years, 210
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of John Appleton (1763-1849) and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton;
married 1834 to Sarah
Newcomb Allen; married 1876 to Annie
Greely; first cousin of Jane
Pierce; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Appleton, James
Appleton, William
Appleton and Nathan
Dane Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Arthur
Taggard Appleton; second cousin of John
Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin twice removed of John
Brown; second cousin thrice removed of Leverett
Saltonstall, Richard
Saltonstall and Randolph
Appleton Kidder; second cousin four times removed of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Parrish Witter; fourth cousin of Jabez
Williams Huntington, John
Brown Francis, Thomas
Passmore Treadwell and Joshua
Perkins; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Biddle, Charles
Biddle, Enoch
Woodbridge, John
Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas
Appleton, Timothy
Pitkin, Leonard
White, Robert
Odiorne Treadwell, George
Douglas Perkins and Albert
Lemando Bingham. |
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family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Frank Carey Archibald (1857-1935) —
also known as Frank C. Archibald —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
31, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Bennington
County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1904-06; member of Vermont
state senate, 1910, 1933; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1916;
Vermont
state attorney general, 1919-25.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1935 (age 77 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Thomas Henry Archibald and Susan (Wadleigh)
Archibald. |
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Charles Gordon Atherton (1804-1853) —
also known as Charles G. Atherton; "Gag
Atherton"; "Shifty Atherton" —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 4,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1830, 1833-35; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1837-43; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1843-49, 1853; died in office 1853;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis while attending court,
and died soon after, in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
15, 1853 (age 49 years, 134
days).
Interment at Nashua
Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
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Kelly Ann Ayotte (b. 1968) —
also known as Kelly Ayotte —
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 27,
1968.
Republican. Lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 2004-09; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 2011-17; defeated, 2016.
Female.
Still living as of 2017.
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Thomas Cogswell Bachelder (b. 1860) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., November
6, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1896-97.
Congregationalist.
Member, Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Fogg Bachelder and Martha Badger (Cogswell) Bachelder;
married, November
8, 1893, to Claudia Wilma Crosby. |
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Henry Moore Baker (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry M. Baker —
of Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
11, 1841.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1893-97; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1905-09.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1912 (age 71 years, 140
days).
Interment at Alexander
Cemetery, Bow, N.H.
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Nathaniel Bradley Baker (1818-1876) —
also known as Nathaniel B. Baker —
of New Hampshire; Iowa.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
29, 1818.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1850; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1854-55; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1859; Adjutant
General of Iowa, 1861-76.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, September
11, 1876 (age 57 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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George Edward Bales (b. 1862) —
also known as George E. Bales —
of Wilton, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Wilton, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
14, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Wilton Telephone
Co.; trustee, Granite Savings Bank; New
Hampshire state railroad commissioner; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-97; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1902; candidate
for New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1916.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Albert Bales and Frances M. (Hardy) Bales; married, October
16, 1889, to Abbie French. |
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Paul J. Barbadoro (b. 1955) —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 5,
1955.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for New Hampshire, 1992-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Charles Henry Barnard (1907-1972) —
also known as Charles H. Barnard —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
28, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 2nd
Ward, 1935-42; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1947-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1948; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in September, 1972
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Barnard and Mary Mabelle (Wright) Barnard; married, November
19, 1936, to Pauline Beatrice Briggs. |
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William Henry Barry (b. 1878) —
also known as William H. Barry —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March
13, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1911-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1922, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Henry Bartlett (1833-1900) —
also known as Charles H. Bartlett —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H., October
15, 1833.
Lawyer; mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1873; resigned 1873; member of New
Hampshire state senate 18th District, 1883-84.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
25, 1900 (age 66 years, 102
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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John Henry Bartlett (1869-1952) —
also known as John H. Bartlett —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H., March
15, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; postmaster at Portsmouth,
N.H., 1899-1908; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1920.
Methodist
or Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., March
19, 1952 (age 83 years, 4
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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John Paige Bartlett (b. 1841) —
also known as John P. Bartlett —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
4, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1890-92; member of New
Hampshire state senate 18th District, 1895-96; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1899; secretary of
New Hampshire Democratic Party, 1904-06.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bartlett and Lurena (Bailey) Bartlett; married, November
29, 1866, to Fannie M. Harrington; married 1888 to Lucy
A. (Knight) Crosby. |
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Jesse Morton Barton (b. 1870) —
also known as Jesse M. Barton —
of Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
21, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; probate
judge in New Hampshire, 1906-; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1912-16; member of New
Hampshire state senate 8th District; elected 1916; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Winter Barton and Elizabeth F. (Jewett)
Barton. |
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Perkins Bass (1912-2011) —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Peterborough,
1939-43, 1947-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Peterborough, 1948; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1949-51; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1955-63;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1962; member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1964-.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
25, 2011 (age 99 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Robert Perkins Bass Jr. (b. 1923) —
also known as Robert P. Bass, Jr. —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
23, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1970-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Protestant.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Curtis Coe Bean (1828-1904) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H., January
4, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1867-68; member of Arizona
territorial senate, 1879; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1885-87; defeated, 1876,
1886.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
1, 1904 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George Freemont Bean (b. 1857) —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bradford, Merrimack
County, N.H., March
24, 1857.
Lawyer; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1890.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Sibley Bean and Nancy E. (Colby) Bean; married, September
2, 1886, to E. Maria Blodgett. |
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James Bell (1804-1857) —
of Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H.; Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
13, 1804.
Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1846, 1850; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; candidate
for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1854, 1855; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1855-57; died in office 1857.
Died in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., May 26,
1857 (age 52 years, 194
days).
Interment at Exeter
Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Bell (1770-1850) —
of Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
9, 1770.
Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1804-06; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1806-07; member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1807-09; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1809-10; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-19; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1819-23; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1823-35.
Died in Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
23, 1850 (age 80 years, 317
days).
Interment at Chester
Village Cemetery, Chester, N.H.
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Nathaniel Seley Benton (1792-1869) —
also known as Nathaniel S. Benton —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., February
19, 1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of New
York state senate 5th District, 1828-31; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1831; secretary
of state of New York, 1845-47.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., June 30,
1869 (age 77 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph John Betley (1910-1983) —
also known as Joseph J. Betley —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
19, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 5th
Ward, 1937-41; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1941; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1944.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in August, 1983
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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John Winslow Bissell (b. 1940) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 7,
1940.
Lawyer; district judge in New Jersey, 1978-81; superior court
judge in New Jersey, 1981-82; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1982-.
Still living as of 2001.
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Henry William Blair (1834-1920) —
also known as Henry W. Blair —
of Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Campton, Grafton
County, N.H., December
6, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1866; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1875-79, 1893-95 (3rd District
1875-79, 1st District 1893-95); U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1879-91.
Died March
14, 1920 (age 85 years, 99
days).
Interment at Campton
Cemetery, Campton, N.H.
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Amos Noyes Blandin Jr. (1896-1982) —
of Bath, Grafton
County, N.H.; Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Bath, Grafton
County, N.H., December
20, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1941-47; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1947-66; appointed 1947.
Congregationalist.
Died in May, 1982
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Newton Blodgett (1838-1905) —
also known as Isaac N. Blodgett —
of Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H., March 6,
1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1871, 1873-74, 1878; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1876; member of
New
Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1879-80; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1880-98; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1898-1902; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; mayor
of Franklin, N.H., 1903-04.
Died in Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
27, 1905 (age 67 years, 266
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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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.
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John Quincy Adams Brackett (1842-1918) —
also known as John Q. A. Brackett —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bradford, Merrimack
County, N.H., June 8,
1842.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1877-82, 1884-87; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1885-86; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1887-90; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1890-91; defeated, 1890; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 6,
1918 (age 75 years, 302
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Stephen Row Bradley (1754-1830) —
also known as Stephen R. Bradley —
of Westminster, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Wallingford (part now in Cheshire), New Haven
County, Conn., February
20, 1754.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; county judge in Vermont, 1783; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1785; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1788; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1791-95, 1801-13.
Died in Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H., December
9, 1830 (age 76 years, 292
days).
Interment at Old
Westminster Cemetery, Westminster, Vt.
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Oliver Ernesto Branch (b. 1847) —
also known as Oliver E. Branch —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Lake
County, Ohio, July 19,
1847.
Lawyer; general counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887, 1889; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1894-98.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Oliver Winslow Branch (b. 1879) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in New Hampshire,
1913-26; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1926-46; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1946-49.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Delta
Upsilon; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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William John Britton (b. 1872) —
also known as William J. Britton —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., June 18,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1913-15; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932
(alternate); New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1939.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Thornton Fleming Brodhead (1822-1862) —
also known as Thornton F. Brodhead —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in South Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
22, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; member of Michigan
state senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1852;
postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1853-57; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Gravely injured in the Second
Battle of Bull Run, and died soon after in Alexandria,
Va., September
2, 1862 (age 39 years, 345
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Albert Oscar Brown (1853-1937) —
also known as Albert O. Brown —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Northwood, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 18,
1853.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Amoskeag Savings Bank,
1905-12; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918-21; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1921-23; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Died March
28, 1937 (age 83 years, 253
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Calvin Luther Brown (1854-1923) —
also known as Calvin L. Brown —
of Morris, Stevens
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Goshen, Sullivan
County, N.H., April
26, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Stevens
County Attorney, 1883-88; district judge in Minnesota 16th
District, 1887-99; appointed 1887; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1899-1913; appointed 1899; chief
justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1913-23; died in office
1923.
Congregationalist.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
24, 1923 (age 69 years, 151
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Brown; married, September
1, 1879, to Annette Marlow. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Fred Herbert Brown (1879-1955) —
also known as Fred H. Brown —
of Somersworth, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Ossipee, Carroll
County, N.H., April
12, 1879.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player in the major leagues, 1901-02; lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1914-22; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1923-25; defeated, 1924; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Somersworth, Strafford
County, N.H., February
3, 1955 (age 75 years, 297
days).
Interment at Ossipee
Cemetery, Ossipee, N.H.
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Walter Bruchhausen (1892-1976) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 29,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1953-67;
took senior status 1967.
Died, in Weeks Memorial Hospital,
Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., October
11, 1976 (age 84 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Thayer. |
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William Burleigh (1785-1827) —
of South Berwick, York
County, Maine.
Born in Northwood, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
24, 1785.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 1st
District 1825-27); died in office 1827.
Died in South Berwick, York
County, Maine, July 2,
1827 (age 41 years, 251
days).
Interment at Portland
Street Cemetery, South Berwick, Maine.
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Henry Eben Burnham (1844-1917) —
also known as Henry E. Burnham —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
8, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1873-74; Hillsborough
County Treasurer, 1875-77; probate judge in New Hampshire,
1876-79; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1901-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
8, 1917 (age 72 years, 92
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Henri Alphonse Burque (b. 1879) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
20, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1920-24; superior court judge in New Hampshire,
1924-41; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1941-47.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonse Burque and Marie Louise (Dutilly) Burque; married, August
23, 1906, to Mabel M. Budro. |
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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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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler; "The Bold and
Bilious Benjamin"; "Beast
Butler" —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
5, 1818.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1867-75, 1877-79 (5th District
1867-73, 6th District 1873-75, 7th District 1877-79); defeated, 1874;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1883-84; defeated, 1859 (Democratic), 1860
(Democratic), 1878 (Butler Democrat), 1879 (Butler Democrat), 1883
(Democratic); Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Died while attending court
in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1893 (age 74 years, 67
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Justin Butterfield (1790-1855) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., 1790.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Illinois, 1841-44; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1849-52.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
23, 1855 (age about 65
years).
Original interment at City
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Chicago, Ill.; reinterment in
1871 at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Willis George Buxton (b. 1856) —
also known as Willis G. Buxton —
of Penacook, Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
22, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire
Republican State Committee, 1886-1902; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1897-98; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel M. Buxton and Abbie A. (Whitaker) Buxton; married, June 4,
1884, to Martha Jane Flanders. |
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Arthur Benjamin Calef (1825-1900) —
also known as Arthur B. Calef —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New Hampshire, 1825.
Republican. Lawyer; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1855-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1860;
postmaster at Middletown,
Conn., 1861-69.
Died in 1900
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Clarence Edgar Carr (b. 1853) —
also known as Clarence E. Carr —
of Andover, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Andover, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
21, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1912
(speaker).
Burial location unknown.
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John Curtis Chamberlain (1772-1834) —
also known as "The Hermit" —
of Alstead, Cheshire
County, N.H.; Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Honeoye Falls, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 5,
1772.
Lawyer; poet;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1818; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1809-11.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
8, 1834 (age 62 years, 186
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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William Eaton Chandler (1835-1917) —
also known as William E. Chandler —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
28, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1862-64, 1881; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1863-64;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1868,
1880;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1868-70, 1872-; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1876; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1882-85; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1887-89, 1889-1901; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
30, 1917 (age 81 years, 337
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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William Martin Chase (b. 1837) —
also known as William M. Chase —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H., December
28, 1837.
Lawyer; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1891-1907; appointed 1891.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Horace Chase and Abigail (Martin) Chase; married, March
18, 1863, to Ellen S. Abbott. |
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Thomas Perkins Cheney (b. 1891) —
also known as Thomas P. Cheney —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H., August
17, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; trustee, Laconia State Bank;
director, Peoples National Bank of
Laconia; director, Public
Service Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia Street
Railway; Belknap
County Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married, September
7, 1917, to Ella M. Wardner. |
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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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Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 2,
1802.
Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1831-36; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office
1838.
Killed
in a duel by
Representative William
J. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, in Prince
George's County, Md., February
24, 1838 (age 35 years, 237
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Willey Clancy (1852-1928) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., January
15, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1889, 1906; mayor
of Albuquerque, N.M., 1898-99; Bernalillo
County District Attorney, 1901-09; New
Mexico state attorney general, 1912-16.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., September
1, 1928 (age 76 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Albert Clancy and Lydia Ardilla (Willey) Clancy; married,
October
30, 1879, to Charlotte Jane Cawthorne Swallow. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Reed Paige Clark (b. 1878) —
of Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., August
19, 1878.
Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
E. Burnham, 1901-11; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Loanda, 1919-24; Port Elizabeth, 1924-25; Mexico City, 1925-26, 1927-28; Guadalajara, 1928-29; Santo Domingo, 1929-30; Belgrade, 1930-35; Vienna, as of 1935; Victoria, as of 1938-43.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Clark and Alice Whitney (McIntire) Clark; married, November
12, 1928, to Jeanne Marie Bertrand. |
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Frank Gay Clarke (1850-1901) —
also known as Frank G. Clarke —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Wilton, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
10, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885, 1891; member of
New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1897-1901; died
in office 1901.
Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
9, 1901 (age 50 years, 121
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March
18, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue at City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,
June
2, 1886, to Frances Folsom and Frances
Clara Folsom; father of Richard
Folsom Cleveland (son-in-law of Thomas
Frank Gailor; brother-in-law of Frank
Hoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed of Francis
Landon Cleveland; second cousin of James
Harlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed of James
Harlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher and Joseph
Wheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher and Robert
Cleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford and Isaiah
Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Lord and Rollin
Usher Tyler. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman
K. Bass — George
B. Cortelyou — J.
Hampton Hoge |
| | | Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Cleveland, a volcano on Chuginadak
Island, Alaska, is named for
him. — The town
of Grover,
North Carolina, is named for
him. — The Cleveland National
Forest (established 1908), in San
Diego, Riverside,
Orange
counties, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Cook
— Grover
C. Meyrs
— Grover
C. Talbot
— Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
C. Robertson
— G. C.
Cooley
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Taylor
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Luke
— Grover
C. Albright
— Grover
Cleveland Welsh
— Grover
C. Belknap
— Grover
C. Worrell
— Grover
B. Hill
— Grover
C. Dillman
— Grover
C. Brenneman
— Grover
C. George
— Grover
C. Mitchell
— Grover
C. Ladner
— Grover
C. Hall
— Grover
C. Tye
— Grover
C. Cisel
— Grover
C. Hedrick
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Montgomery
— Grover
C. Farwell
— Grover
C. Gillingham
— Grover
C. Studivan
— Grover
C. Layne
— Grover
C. Hudson
— Grover
C. Combs
— Grover
C. Snyder
— Grover
C. Guernsey
— Grover
C. Henderson
— Grover
C. Smith
— Grover
C. Jackson
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Bower
— Grover
C. Land
— Grover
C. Moritz
— Grover
C. Gregg
— Grover
C. Richman, Jr.
— Grover
C. Anderson
— Grover
C. Chriss
— Grover
C. Criswell
— Grover
C. Brown
— Grover
C. Robinson III
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill
(1928-46). |
| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Troy Senik, A
Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:
Matthew Algeo, The
President Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland
Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous
Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — Charles
Lachman, A
Secret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President Grover
Cleveland |
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1896 |
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Richard Folsom Cleveland (1897-1974) —
also known as Richard F. Cleveland —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
28, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967.
Died of chronic
pulmonary illness, in Baltimore,
Md., January
10, 1974 (age 76 years, 74
days).
Interment at Fowlers Mill Cemetery, Tamworth, N.H.
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Thomas Fellows Clifford (b. 1871) —
of Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Wentworth, Grafton
County, N.H., December
1, 1871.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; secretary of
New Hampshire Republican Party, 1900-04.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson Clifford and Sara Jackson (Fellows)
Clifford. |
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Ira Colby Jr. (1831-1908) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
11, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1864-65, 1881-87;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1869-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1876.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., June 27,
1908 (age 77 years, 168
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Relatives: Son
of Ira Colby and Olive Mary (Foster) Colby; married to Louisa
Mehitable Way. |
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memorial |
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Julius Converse (1798-1885) —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., December
17, 1798.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1833, 1848-49, 1867-68; member of
Vermont
state senate, 1836-40; Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1844-47; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1850-52; Governor of
Vermont, 1872-74.
Died in Dixville, Coos
County, N.H., August
16, 1885 (age 86 years, 242
days).
Interment at River
Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt.
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Norris H. Cotton (1900-1989) —
also known as Norris Cotton —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Warren, Grafton
County, N.H., May 11,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1923, 1943-45; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1945; secretary
to U.S. Sen. George
H. Moses, 1924-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1944
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1947-54; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74, 1975.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, from cancer,
in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., February
24, 1989 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at School
Street Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
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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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Guy W. Cox (b. 1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
19, 1871.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) —
also known as Louis S. Cox —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Essex District, 1906; postmaster at Lawrence,
Mass., 1906-13; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37;
justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Harrison Cragin (1821-1898) —
also known as Aaron H. Cragin —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Weston, Windsor
County, Vt., February
3, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1852-55, 1859; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1855-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1865-77.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 10,
1898 (age 77 years, 96
days).
Interment at School
Street Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
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Frank Dunklee Currier (1853-1921) —
also known as Frank D. Currier —
of Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H., October
30, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1879, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1899-1901; secretary of
New Hampshire Republican Party, 1882-90; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1901-13;
defeated, 1912.
Died in Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H., November
25, 1921 (age 68 years, 26
days).
Interment at Canaan
Street Cemetery, Canaan, N.H.
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Moody Currier (1806-1898) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., April
22, 1806.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1848; member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1856-58; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1860-62; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1885-87.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
23, 1898 (age 92 years, 123
days).
Interment at Valley
Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Samuel Cushman (1783-1851) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 8,
1783.
Democrat. Lawyer; Rockingham
County Treasurer, 1823-28; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1829-30; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1835-39.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 20,
1851 (age 67 years, 346
days).
Interment at Proprietors'
Burying Ground, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., May 11,
1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Manistee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1875-81; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1883-91; defeated,
1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1891 for action at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Ky.,
May 10, 1863.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April
12, 1908 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Sullivan M. Cutcheon (b. 1833) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
4, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1861-64; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1863-64; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868
(delegation chair); member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1877-85;
president, Dime Savings Bank,
1884; president, Ypsilanti Savings Bank, 1892.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cutcheon and Hannah M. (Tripp) Cutcheon; married, December
8, 1859, to Josephine Louise Moore. |
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