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  John Langdon Rand (1861-1942) — also known as John L. Rand — of Baker City, Baker County, Ore. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., October 28, 1861. Republican. Lawyer; attorney for railroad, lumber, and mining companies; member of Oregon state senate, 1903-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1920; justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1921-42; died in office 1942; chief justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1927-29, 1933-35, 1939-41. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died in Salem, Marion County, Ore., November 19, 1942 (age 81 years, 22 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.
  Relatives: Son of John Sullivan Rand and Elvira Wallace (Odiorne) Rand; married to Edith Gonzaga Packwood; father of Irving Rand.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ossian Ray (1835-1892) — of Lancaster, Coos County, N.H. Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vt., December 13, 1835. Republican. Lawyer; Coos County Solicitor, 1862-72; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1868-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1872; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1879-80; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1881-85 (3rd District 1881-83, 2nd District 1883-85). Died in Lancaster, Coos County, N.H., January 28, 1892 (age 56 years, 46 days). Interment at Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Ray and Hannah (Greene) Ray; married, March 2, 1856, to Alice A. Fling; married, October 16, 1872, to Sally Emery (Small) Burnside; grandfather of Ossian Edward Ray; first cousin five times removed of William Greene; second cousin once removed of Clement Phineas Kellogg; second cousin four times removed of William Greene Jr.; third cousin once removed of Joel Burlingame; third cousin twice removed of Albert Collins Greene; third cousin thrice removed of Ray Greene; fourth cousin of Anson Burlingame; fourth cousin once removed of George Washington Greene, Andrew Clark Lippitt, Henry Lippitt, William Maxwell Greene, Dennison Franklin Holden and James Montgomery Burlingame.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Daniel C. Remick (b. 1852) — of Littleton, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vt., January 15, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1901-02; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904. Congregationalist. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel K. Remick and Sophia (Cushman) Remick; brother of James Waldron Remick; married, May 18, 1896, to Elizabeth Kilburn.
  James Waldron Remick (b. 1860) — also known as James W. Remick — of Littleton, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vt., October 30, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1890-94; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1901-04. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel K. Remick and Sophia (Cushman) Remick; brother of Daniel C. Remick; married, December 5, 1888, to Mary S. Pendleton.
  William Evarts Richards (b. 1855) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Meriden, Plainfield, Sullivan County, N.H., March 2, 1855. Lawyer; inventor; Consul for Paraguay in New York, N.Y., 1896-1903. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Cyrus Smith Richards and Helen Dorothy (Whiton) Richards.
  Eleazar Wheelock Ripley (1782-1839) — also known as Eleazar W. Ripley — Born in Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., April 15, 1782. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1807-12; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1812; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1820; member of Louisiana state senate, 1830; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1835-39; died in office 1839. Slaveowner. Died in West Feliciana Parish, La., March 2, 1839 (age 56 years, 321 days). Interment at Locust Grove Cemetery, St. Francisville, La.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Sylvanus Ripley and Abigail (Wheelock) Ripley; brother of Elizabeth Abigail Ripley (who married Judah Dana) and James Wheelock Ripley; married to Aurelia Smith; uncle of John Winchester Dana.
  Political family: Dana-Ripley family of Fryeburg, Maine.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Wheelock Ripley (1786-1835) — also known as James W. Ripley — of Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine. Born in Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., March 12, 1786. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1814-19; U.S. Representative from Maine 5th District, 1826-30. Died in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, June 17, 1835 (age 49 years, 97 days). Interment at Fryeburg Village Cemetery, Fryeburg, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Sylvanus Ripley and Abigail (Wheelock) Ripley; brother of Eleazar Wheelock Ripley and Elizabeth Abigail Ripley (who married Judah Dana); married to Abigail Osgood; uncle of John Winchester Dana.
  Political family: Dana-Ripley family of Fryeburg, Maine.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Clarke Rogers (1839-1915) — also known as George C. Rogers — Born in Piermont, Grafton County, N.H., November 22, 1839. Democrat. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Conventions; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1880 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Died in Lake Forest, Lake County, Ill., February 28, 1915 (age 75 years, 98 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Waukegan, Ill.
  Relatives: Married 1871 to Josephine 'Josey' Carey.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Herbert E. Rogers and Lilian A. (Sanborn) Rogers.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Henry Pearson Rolfe (1821-1898) — also known as Henry P. Rolfe — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H., February 13, 1821. Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Concord, N.H., 1866-67; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1869. Died in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., May 29, 1898 (age 77 years, 105 days). Interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Rolfe and Margaret (Searles) Rolfe; married, November 22, 1853, to Mary Rebecca Sherburne; father of George Hamilton Rolfe.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Frank W. Rollins Frank West Rollins (1860-1915) — also known as Frank W. Rollins — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., February 24, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of New Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1895-96; Governor of New Hampshire, 1899-1901. Died, in the Hotel Somerset, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 27, 1915 (age 55 years, 245 days). Interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Henry Rollins and Ellen Elizabeth (West) Rollins; married to Katharine Wallace Pecker; second great-grandnephew of John Wentworth; first cousin thrice removed of John Wentworth Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of George Winthrop Maston Pitman and Joseph Pitman.
  Political families: Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New Hampshire Manual for the General Court (1899)
  Jonathan Harvey Rowell (1833-1908) — also known as Jonathan H. Rowell — of Bloomington, McLean County, Ill. Born in Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H., February 10, 1833. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S. Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1883-91. Died in Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., May 15, 1908 (age 75 years, 95 days). Interment at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Barney Rowell and Cynthia Hay (Abbott) Rowell; brother of Chester Abbott Rowell; father of Chester Harvey Rowell; fourth cousin once removed of Robert Foss Fernald.
  Political families: Eastman family; Rowell family of Maine; Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  John Benjamin Sanborn (1826-1904) — also known as John B. Sanborn — of Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Epsom, Merrimack County, N.H., December 5, 1826. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1859-60, 1872 (District 2 1859-60, District 23 1872); member of Minnesota state senate 21st District, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died May 6, 1904 (age 77 years, 153 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Sanborn and Lucy (Sargent) Sanborn; married 1857 to Catherine Hall; married to Rachel Rice; father of John Benjamin Sanborn Jr.; uncle of Walter Henry Sanborn.
  Political family: Sanborn family of St. Paul, Minnesota.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Walter Henry Sanborn (1845-1928) — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Epsom, Merrimack County, N.H., October 19, 1845. School principal; lawyer; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 8th Circuit, 1892-1911; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1892-1928; died in office 1928. Member, Union League; Sons of the American Revolution. Died, in the Angus Hotel, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., May 10, 1928 (age 82 years, 204 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
  Relatives: Son of Henry F. Sanborn and Eunice (Davis) Sanborn; married, November 10, 1874, to Emily F. Bruce; nephew of John Benjamin Sanborn; first cousin of John Benjamin Sanborn Jr..
  Political family: Sanborn family of St. Paul, Minnesota.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Samuel Shute (1662-1742) — Born in England, January 12, 1662. Lawyer; Colonial Governor of Massachusetts, 1716-23; Colonial Governor of New Hampshire, 1716-23. English ancestry. Died April 15, 1742 (age 80 years, 93 days). Burial location unknown.
  The town of Shutesbury, Massachusetts, is named for him.
  William Bradbury Small (1817-1878) — also known as William B. Small — of Newmarket, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Limington, York County, Maine, May 17, 1817. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1870-71; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1873-75. Died in Newmarket, Rockingham County, N.H., April 7, 1878 (age 60 years, 325 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Newmarket, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Small and Betsey (Bradbury) Small; married to Olive A. Trubee and Ellen M. French; second cousin once removed of Samuel Merrill; third cousin twice removed of Clarence Sidney Merrill; fourth cousin of George W. Clough, Harlan Page Andrews, Darvin Pratt Clough and William Rockwell Clough; fourth cousin once removed of David Kidder, David Marston Clough and Clarence Ambrose Clough.
  Political family: Clough family of New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  Relatives: Brother of Hamilton Smith.
  Hamilton Smith (1804-1875) — of Cannelton, Perry County, Ind. Born in Durham, Strafford County, N.H., September 19, 1804. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1859; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864. Died in Washington, D.C., February 7, 1875 (age 70 years, 141 days). Interment at Old Cliff Cemetery, Cannelton, Ind.
  Relatives: Brother of Ballard Smith.
  Isaac William Smith (1825-1898) — also known as Isaac W. Smith — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Hampstead, Rockingham County, N.H., May 18, 1825. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1859-60; member of New Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1862-64; mayor of Manchester, N.H., 1869; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1874, 1877-95; appointed 1874, 1877; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889. English ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 28, 1898 (age 73 years, 194 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Smith and Mary (Clark) Smith; married, August 16, 1854, to Amanda White Brown (daughter of Hiram Brown); father of Edward Clarke Smith.
  Political family: Smith-Brown family of Manchester, New Hampshire.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 29, 1759. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1788-91; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1791-92; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1791-97; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1797-1801; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1800-01; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 1st Circuit, 1801-02; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1802-09, 1813-16; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; Governor of New Hampshire, 1809-10. Died in Dover, Strafford County, N.H., September 21, 1842 (age 82 years, 296 days). Interment at Winter Street Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
  Relatives: Brother of Samuel Smith; uncle of Robert Smith.
  Political family: Smith family of Peterborough, New Hampshire.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Lyndon Ambrose Smith (b. 1854) — also known as Lyndon A. Smith — of Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minn. Born in New Hampshire, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 1899-1903; Minnesota state attorney general, 1912-18; appointed 1911. Burial location unknown.
  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)
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Alexander Souter and Helen (Hackett) Souter.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Books about David H. Souter: Tinsley E. Yarbrough, David Hackett Souter: Traditional Republican On The Rehnquist Court
  Harry Vaios Spanos (1926-1995) — also known as Harry V. Spanos — of Newport, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Newport, Sullivan County, N.H., May 8, 1926. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1970; defeated, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1960 (alternate), 1964, 1972; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1960; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1976; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1980-95. Eastern Orthodox. Greek ancestry. Member, Moose; Lions. Died in Newport, Sullivan County, N.H., March 18, 1995 (age 68 years, 314 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Newport, N.H.
  The Harry V. Spanos District Court Building (formerly Grange Hall), in Newport, New Hampshire, is named for him.
  Charles Stetson (1801-1883) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 2, 1801. Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Maine, 1834-39; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1845-48; U.S. Representative from Maine 6th District, 1849-51. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, March 27, 1883 (age 81 years, 145 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Simeon Stetson and Elizabeth (Kidder) Stetson; brother of Isaiah Stetson; married, September 12, 1833, to Emily Jane Pierce; father of Caroline Pierce Stetson (who married Franklin Augustus Wilson); nephew of Isaiah Kidder; uncle of Isaiah Kidder Stetson; grandfather of Charles Stetson Wilson; granduncle of Clarence Cutting Stetson; second cousin of Caleb Stetson and Luther Kidder; second cousin once removed of Ezra Kidder; third cousin of Lemuel Stetson, Arba Kidder and Joseph Souther Kidder; third cousin once removed of Ephraim Safford, Lyman Kidder and David Kidder; third cousin twice removed of John Adams, Emerson Wight, Harvey Edward Kidder, Clarence Patch Kidder and Alton Festus Hayden; fourth cousin of Jonathan Usher, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Alvan Kidder, James Safford, Francis Kidder, Ira Kidder, Pascal Paoli Kidder, Jefferson Parish Kidder and David Thayer Bunker; fourth cousin once removed of John Quincy Adams, Caleb Blodgett, Ira Chandler Backus, George Washington Greene, Orlando Burr Kidder, John Palmer Usher, Edward Green Bradford, William Aldrich, Adoniram Judson Kneeland, Stafford Canning Cleveland, Francis Landon Cleveland, Bailey Frye Adams, Orestes Cleveland, Alfred Henry Littlefield, Henry Sabin, Lyman Kidder Bass, Robert Crawford Safford, Abner Coburn Cleveland, Robert Cleveland Usher, Nathan Parker Kidder, Silas Wright Kidder and Daniel S. Kidder.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Max David Steuer (1871-1940) — also known as Max D. Steuer — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Hungary, September 6, 1871. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916, 1932, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938. Jewish. Member, Tammany Hall; American Bar Association; B'nai B'rith. Died, from a heart attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel, Jackson, Carroll County, N.H., August 21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Aaron Steuer and Dinah (Goodman) Steuer; married, December 14, 1897, to Bertha Popkin; father of Aron Leonard Steuer and Ethel Steuer (who married Henry Epstein).
  Political family: Steuer family of New York City, New York.
  Aaron Fletcher Stevens (1819-1887) — of New Hampshire. Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., August 9, 1819. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1845, 1876-84; delegate to Whig National Convention from New Hampshire, 1852; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1867-71. Died in Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H., May 10, 1887 (age 67 years, 274 days). Interment at Nashua Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Frederick P. Stevens (1810-1866) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Piermont, Grafton County, N.H., October 26, 1810. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York, 1837; mayor of Buffalo, N.Y., 1856-57; defeated (People's), 1857; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1864. Died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., March 23, 1866 (age 55 years, 148 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Raymond Bartlett Stevens (1874-1942) — also known as Raymond B. Stevens — of Landaff, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., June 18, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1909-13, 1923; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated, 1916; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1914, 1920; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-20; resigned 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920, 1924 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1940; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1933; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1935-42; chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1937-42. Advisor in foreign affairs to the King of Siam, 1926-35. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., May 18, 1942 (age 67 years, 334 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Grafton County, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Pliny Bartlett Stevens and Lillian (Thompson) Stevens.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Married 1899 to Agnes E. Harvey.
  Cross-reference: Eugene H. Nickerson
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Books about Harlan Fiske Stone: Melvin I. Urofsky, Division and Discord : The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941-1953
  Frank Sherwin Streeter (1853-1922) — also known as Frank S. Streeter — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in East Charleston, Charleston, Orleans County, Vt., August 5, 1853. Republican. School principal; lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee); member of Republican National Committee from New Hampshire, 1904; general counsel, Concord & Montreal Railroad. Died in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., December 11, 1922 (age 69 years, 128 days). Interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Streeter and Julia (Wheeler) Streeter; married, November 14, 1877, to Lillian Carpenter.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cyrus Adams Sulloway (1839-1917) — also known as Cyrus A. Sulloway — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Grafton, Grafton County, N.H., June 8, 1839. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1872-73, 1887-93; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1895-1913, 1915-17; defeated, 1912; died in office 1917. Died in Washington, D.C., March 11, 1917 (age 77 years, 276 days). Interment at Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Herbert James Taft (b. 1860) — also known as Herbert J. Taft — of Greenville, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Mason, Hillsborough County, N.H., September 1, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of New Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1905-06. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Taft and Mary (Wilson) Taft; married, October 21, 1887, to Ida F. Chamberlin.
  David Arthur Taggart — of Goffstown, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate 16th District, 1889-90. Burial location unknown.
  Mason Weare Tappan (1817-1886) — also known as Mason W. Tappan — of Bradford, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Newport, Sullivan County, N.H., October 20, 1817. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1853-55, 1860-61; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1855-61; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1876-86; died in office 1886. Died in Bradford, Merrimack County, N.H., October 25, 1886 (age 69 years, 5 days). Interment at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bradford, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Weare Toppan and Lucinda (Atkins) Toppan; third cousin twice removed of Dennis D. Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of Clarence Sidney Merrill; fourth cousin of Benjamin Tappan.
  Political family: Tappan-Merrill-Wright family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Amos Leavitt Taylor (b. 1877) — also known as Amos L. Taylor — of Belmont, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Danbury, Merrimack County, N.H., February 22, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924 (alternate), 1932; member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1924-49; secretary of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1927-28; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1929-32. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Gamma Delta; Gamma Eta Gamma; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Leavitt Taylor and Nellie Jane (Martin) Taylor; married, June 16, 1906, to Myra Lillian Fairbank; married to Caroline W. Dudley.
  Asa Wentworth Tenney (1833-1897) — also known as Asa W. Tenney; "Magnetic Tenney" — of Lancaster, Coos County, N.H.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Dalton, Coos County, N.H., May 20, 1833. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1877-85; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1897. Presbyterian. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 10, 1897 (age 64 years, 204 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Tenney and Sophia (Wentworth) Tenney; married to Maria Abbott; second cousin twice removed of Asa Tenney; third cousin once removed of Abner Bailey White Tenney and Horace Addison Tenney; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Tenney; fourth cousin of William Richards Castle; fourth cousin once removed of William Richards Castle Jr..
  Political family: Tenney family.
  Meldrim Thomson Jr. (1912-2001) — of Orford, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pa., March 8, 1912. Lawyer; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1964; Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79; defeated, 1968 (Republican primary), 1970 (Republican primary), 1970 (American Independent), 1978 (Republican). Died, from Parkinson's disease and heart problems, in Orford, Grafton County, N.H., April 19, 2001 (age 89 years, 42 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
John Q. Tilson John Quillin Tilson (1866-1958) — also known as John Q. Tilson — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Clearbranch, Unicoi County, Tenn., April 5, 1866. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Haven, 1905-08; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1907-08; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1909-13, 1915-32 (at-large 1909-13, 3rd District 1915-32); defeated, 1912; resigned 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1932; Parliamentarian, 1936. Baptist. Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Died in New London, Merrimack County, N.H., August 14, 1958 (age 92 years, 131 days). Interment at Tilson Cemetery, Clearbranch, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of William Erwin Tilson and Katharine (Sams) Tilson; married, November 10, 1910, to Marguerite North; father of John Quillin Tilson Jr..
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: Official Report of the 21st Republican National Convention (1936)
  Frederick H. Tilton (b. 1879) — of Haverhill, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Rockingham County, N.H., November 28, 1879. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Third Essex District, 1906. Burial location unknown.
  Amos Tuck (1810-1879) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Parsonfield, York County, Maine, August 2, 1810. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1842; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1847-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856 (Convention Vice-President), 1860. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., December 11, 1879 (age 69 years, 131 days). Interment at Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of John Tuck and Betsey (Towle) Tuck; married to Sarah Ann Nudd and Catherine Shepherd; grandfather of Ellen F. FitzSimons; great-grandfather of William Henry Vanderbilt III; third cousin twice removed of Timothy Pickering; fourth cousin once removed of John Wingate Weeks and Daniel Webster.
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family of Massachusetts; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Morgenthau-Lehman family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Clyde A. Turner and G. (Estes) Turner; married, August 16, 1941, to Virginia Wells.
  Socrates Tuttle (1819-1885) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Colebrook, Coos County, N.H., November 19, 1819. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1861-62; candidate for New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1867; mayor of Paterson, N.J., 1871-72. Presbyterian. Died, while suffering from angina pectoris, in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., February 12, 1885 (age 65 years, 85 days). Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Betsy (Thomas) Tuttle and Horatio Tuttle; married, May 23, 1848, to Jane Winters; married 1852 to Mary Dickey; married to Elizabeth A. (Clark) Weller; father of Esther Jane Tuttle (who married Garret Augustus Hobart); grandfather of Garret Augustus Hobart Jr.; second great-grandfather of Garret Augustus Hobart IV.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Baxter Upham (1768-1848) — also known as George B. Upham — of Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., December 27, 1768. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1801-03; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1804-13, 1815; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1809, 1815; member of New Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1814-15. Died in Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., February 10, 1848 (age 79 years, 45 days). Interment at Pleasant Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Phineas Upham and Susanna (Buckminster) Upham; brother of Jabez Upham; married, December 30, 1805, to Mary 'Polly' Duncan; father of James Phineas Upham; first cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham; second cousin of Nathaniel Upham; second cousin once removed of Nathaniel Gookin Upham; second cousin twice removed of Charles Edwin Whiting; second cousin thrice removed of William Criner Whiting and Willard Baxter Whiting; second cousin four times removed of James Dunbar Bell; third cousin of Nathan Read; third cousin twice removed of Joshua Perkins, Charles Otis Nason, John Hill Walbridge, Henry E. Walbridge and William Greene Dows; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Kirk Tilden; fourth cousin of William Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Abel Madison Scranton and Alonzo Sidney Upham; fourth cousin once removed of John Larkin Payson, Isaiah Blood, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor and William Henry Upham.
  Political family: Upham family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Roger Vose (1763-1841) — of Walpole, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Milton, Norfolk County, Mass., February 24, 1763. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1809-11, 1812-13; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1818; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1818-20. Died in Walpole, Cheshire County, N.H., October 26, 1841 (age 78 years, 244 days). Interment at Village Cemetery, Walpole, N.H.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891) — of Milford, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Bradford, Merrimack County, N.H., January 4, 1831. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1855-56; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1873-79. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 24, 1891 (age 60 years, 20 days). Interment at West Street Cemetery, Milford, N.H.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Joseph Burbeen Walker (1822-1913) — also known as Joseph B. Walker — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., June 12, 1822. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1893-94. Congregationalist. Died in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., January 8, 1913 (age 90 years, 210 days). Interment at Old North Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Walker and Ann (Sawyer) Walker; married, May 5, 1847, to Sarah Adams Fitz; married, May 1, 1850, to Elizabeth Lord Upham.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Reuben Eugene Walker (b. 1851) — also known as Reuben E. Walker — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., February 15, 1851. Lawyer; Merrimack County Solicitor, 1889-90; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1901-21; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Abiel Walker and Mary (Powers) Walker; married 1875 to Mary Elizabeth Brown.
  Robert Moore Wallace (1847-1914) — also known as Robert M. Wallace — of Milford, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Henniker, Merrimack County, N.H., May 2, 1847. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1877-78; Hillsborough County Solicitor, 1883-93; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1893-1901; appointed 1893; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1901-13. Congregationalist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Milford, Hillsborough County, N.H., April 5, 1914 (age 66 years, 338 days). Interment at West Street Cemetery, Milford, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Jonas Wallace and Mary (Darling) Wallace; married, August 24, 1874, to Ella M. Hutchinson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Hills Wason (1865-1941) — also known as Edward H. Wason — of Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in New Boston, Hillsborough County, N.H., September 2, 1865. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1899, 1909, 1913; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1915-33. Died in New Boston, Hillsborough County, N.H., February 6, 1941 (age 75 years, 157 days). Interment at New Boston Cemetery, New Boston, N.H.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Daniel Webster Daniel Webster (1782-1852) — also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the Constitution" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack County, N.H., January 18, 1782. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned 1827; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President of the United States, 1836; U.S. Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Mass., October 24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280 days). Interment at Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster; married, May 29, 1808, to Grace Fletcher; second cousin once removed of Hiram Augustus Huse; second cousin twice removed of Edwin George Eastman; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo Mark Leffingwell; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Nichols Blake and John Leffingwell Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah Sabin, Charles Rowell and Amos Tuck.
  Political families: Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell family; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Daniel Webster WilderDaniel W. MillsDaniel W. JonesDaniel Webster ComstockDaniel W. WaughDaniel W. TallmadgeDaniel Webster HeagyDaniel W. WhitmoreDaniel W. HamiltonDaniel W. AllamanWebster TurnerDan W. TurnerDaniel W. HoanDaniel W. Ambrose, Jr.
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the $10 U.S. note from the 1860s until the early 20th century.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Daniel Webster: Robert Vincent Remini, Daniel Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union — Robert A. Allen, Daniel Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current, Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism — Merrill D. Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
  Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
  John Sullivan Wells (1803-1860) — also known as John S. Wells — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Durham, Strafford County, N.H., October 18, 1803. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1839-41; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1841; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1847-48; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1855; appointed 1855. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., August 1, 1860 (age 56 years, 288 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Samuel Wells (1801-1868) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Durham, Strafford County, N.H., August 15, 1801. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1836-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1847-54; resigned 1854; Governor of Maine, 1856-57. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 15, 1868 (age 66 years, 335 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  John Wentworth Jr. (1745-1787) — of Dover, Strafford County, N.H. Born in Salmon Falls, Rollinsford, Strafford County, N.H., July 17, 1745. Lawyer; Strafford County Register of Probate, 1773-87; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1776; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1778; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of New Hampshire state senate from Strafford County, 1784-86. Died in Dover, Strafford County, N.H., January 10, 1787 (age 41 years, 177 days). Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of John Wentworth (1719-1781) and Joanna (Gilman) Wentworth; grandfather of John Wentworth (1815-1888); first cousin twice removed of Edward Henry Rollins; first cousin thrice removed of Frank West Rollins; third cousin once removed of Chester Wentworth and Tappan Wentworth; third cousin twice removed of Eli Wentworth; third cousin thrice removed of William Chapman Williston.
  Political family: Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Wentworth (1815-1888) — also known as "Long John" — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Sandwich, Carroll County, N.H., March 5, 1815. Lawyer; newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1853-55, 1865-67 (4th District 1843-51, 2nd District 1853-55, 1st District 1865-67); mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1857-58, 1860-61; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County, 1862. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 16, 1888 (age 73 years, 225 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Married to Roxana Marie Loomis; uncle of Moses Jones Wentworth; grandson of John Wentworth Jr..
  Political family: Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Wentworth Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Tappan Wentworth (1802-1875) — of Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Dover, Strafford County, N.H., February 24, 1802. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1848-49, 1865-66; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1851, 1859-60, 1863-64; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1853-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864. Died in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., June 12, 1875 (age 73 years, 108 days). Interment at Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Eleanor (Goudy) Wentworth and Isaac Wentworth; married to Anne McNeil (niece of John McNeil Jr. and Franklin Pierce; granddaughter of Benjamin Pierce); second cousin twice removed of John Wentworth; third cousin once removed of John Wentworth Jr. and Eli Wentworth; fourth cousin of Chester Wentworth; fourth cousin once removed of Edward Henry Rollins.
  Political families: Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hoyt H. Wheeler (b. 1833) — of Jamaica, Windham County, Vt. Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H., August 30, 1833. Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Jamaica, 1867; member of Vermont state senate from Windham County, 1868-69; justice of Vermont state supreme court, 1870-77; resigned 1877; U.S. District Judge for Vermont, 1877-. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.
  Samuel Stewart Whitehouse (1858-1929) — also known as Samuel S. Whitehouse — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., March 21, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1905, 1906 (Democratic), 1908 (Democratic). Died in Long Beach, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., November 8, 1929 (age 71 years, 232 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Newhall Whitehouse and Mary Ann (Taylor) Whitehouse; married 1879 to Mary Grover Hoover.
  Jeduthun Wilcox (1768-1838) — of Orford, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., November 18, 1768. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1809-11; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17. Died in Orford, Grafton County, N.H., July 8, 1838 (age 69 years, 232 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Orford, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of John Wilcox and Eunice (Norton) Wilcox; married 1793 to Sarah Fiske; married 1807 to Elizabeth Todd; father of Leonard Wilcox; first cousin twice removed of Eli Coe Birdsey; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Chittenden; third cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden; third cousin twice removed of Edgar Jared Doolittle; fourth cousin of Chittenden Lyon and Russell Sage; fourth cousin once removed of Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Leonard Wilcox (1799-1850) — of Orford, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., January 29, 1799. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1828-34; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1838-40, 1848-50; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1842-43; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1847-48. Died in Orford, Grafton County, N.H., June 18, 1850 (age 51 years, 140 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Orford, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Jeduthun Wilcox and Sarah (Fiske) Wilcox; married 1819 to Almira Morey; married 1833 to Mary Mann; second cousin once removed of Eli Coe Birdsey; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Chittenden; third cousin twice removed of Martin Chittenden; fourth cousin once removed of Chittenden Lyon, Russell Sage and Edgar Jared Doolittle.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) — also known as John W. Willey — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Goshen, Sullivan County, N.H., 1797. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio state senate, 1830-32; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-37; candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1838; district judge in Ohio, 1840-41; died in office 1841. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 9, 1841 (age about 44 years). Original interment and cenotaph at Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Married to Laura Maria Higby.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Wilson (1766-1839) — of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., August 16, 1766. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1803-08, 1812-14; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 5th District, 1809-11. Died in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., January 4, 1839 (age 72 years, 141 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Keene, N.H.
  Relatives: Father of James Wilson (1797-1881).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Wilson (1797-1881) — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., March 18, 1797. Whig. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1825-37, 1840, 1846, 1871-72; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1835, 1838; delegate to Whig National Convention from New Hampshire, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member, Balloting Committee; member, Committee to Notify Nominees); Surveyor-General of Public Lands for Wisconsin and Iowa Territories, 1841-45; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1847-50; resigned 1850. Died in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., May 29, 1881 (age 84 years, 72 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Keene, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of James Wilson (1766-1839).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Wilson (1777-1848) — of Belfast, Waldo County, Maine. Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., January 10, 1777. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-15, 1817-19 (at-large 1813-15, 4th District 1817-19). Died in Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, August 9, 1848 (age 71 years, 212 days). Interment at Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Wilson and Mary (Hodges) Wilson; married to Hannah Leach and Mary Frances Tinkham.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Wilson (1773-1827) — of Newark, Licking County, Ohio. Born in New Boston, Hillsborough County, N.H., March 19, 1773. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1808-23; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1823-27; died in office 1827. Member, American Antiquarian Society. Died in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, June 6, 1827 (age 54 years, 79 days). Original interment at Old Cemetery, Newark, Ohio; reinterment in 1853 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander Wilson and Mary Wilson; married, November 8, 1808, to Rachel Dixon.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Levi Woodbury (1820-1898) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., May 22, 1820. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880 (member, Resolutions Committee). Member, Freemasons. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 1, 1898 (age 78 years, 40 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Woodbury and Elizabeth (Clapp) Woodbury; brother of Mary Elizabeth Woodbury (who married Montgomery Blair); uncle of Gist Blair; first cousin once removed of Gordon Woodbury and Charlotte Eliza Woodbury.
  Political families: Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Lee-Randolph family; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Francestown, Hillsborough County, N.H., December 22, 1789. Democrat. Lawyer; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-23; Governor of New Hampshire, 1823-24; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1825; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1825; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1831-34; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-41; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-51; died in office 1851; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1848. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., September 4, 1851 (age 61 years, 256 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Woodbury and Mary (Woodbury) Woodbury; married to Elizabeth Williams Clapp; father of Charles Levi Woodbury and Mary Elizabeth Woodbury (who married Montgomery Blair); grandfather of Gist Blair; granduncle of Gordon Woodbury and Charlotte Eliza Woodbury; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac Stuart Raymond.
  Political families: Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Lee-Randolph family; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Woodbury County, Iowa is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederic Thomas Woodman (1872-1949) — also known as Frederic T. Woodman — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., June 25, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-03; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1916-19; defeated, 1919; indicted on bribery charges, March 1919; tried and found not guilty; banker. Died March 25, 1949 (age 76 years, 273 days). Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eleazer Wooster (1811-1870) — of Poestenkill, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New Hampshire, October 2, 1811. Lawyer; postmaster; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1866-67. Died January 11, 1870 (age 58 years, 101 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Poestenkill, N.Y.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Carroll D. Wright Carroll Davidson Wright (1840-1909) — also known as Carroll D. Wright — Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, N.H., July 25, 1840. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1872-73; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; chief, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, 1873-88; in charge of the state census in 1875 and 1885, and the federal census for Massachusetts in 1880; U.S. Commissioner of Labor, 1885-1905; university professor; president, Clark College, Worcester, Mass., 1902. Unitarian. English and Scottish ancestry. Member, American Economic Association; American Statistical Association; American Antiquarian Society. Died February 20, 1909 (age 68 years, 210 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Nathan Reed Wright and Eliza (Clark) Wright; married, January 1, 1867, to Caroline Elizabeth Harnden.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Men of Mark in America (1906)
  Louis Crosby Wyman (1917-2002) — also known as Louis C. Wyman — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., March 16, 1917. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1953-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956, 1960 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1963-65, 1967-74; defeated, 1964; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1974-75; defeated, 1975; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1978-87. Died, from cancer, in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., May 5, 2002 (age 85 years, 50 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Louis Eliot Wyman and Alice P. (Crosby) Wyman.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.
 
  The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.  
  The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.  
  Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.  
  The official URL for this page is: https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/lawyer.R-Z.html.  
  Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.  
  If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.  
Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDL. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 8, 2023.

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