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Politician members in New Hampshire

  Horatio Gardner Ainsworth (1917-1994) — also known as H. Gardner Ainsworth — of Washington, D.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., March 15, 1917. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Winnipeg, 1940; San Salvador, as of 1943. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Washington, D.C., December 10, 1994 (age 77 years, 270 days). Interment at Wonalancet Cemetery, Wonalancet, Tamworth, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Walden Lee Ainsworth and Katharine (Gardner) Ainsworth; married, August 25, 1940, to Helen Louise Reed.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Dunbar Bell (1911-1979) — of Washington, D.C.; Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Calif. Born in Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H., July 1, 1911. Democrat. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, 1964; member of California Democratic State Central Committee, 1971-72. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Calif., April 14, 1979 (age 67 years, 287 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Upham Bell and Louise (Dunbar) Bell; married, December 4, 1934, to Helen Foy Johnstone; married 1961 to Stephanie Mathews; great-grandson of James Bell; great-grandnephew of Samuel Dana Bell and Nathaniel Gookin Upham; second great-grandson of Samuel Bell and Nathaniel Upham; second great-grandnephew of John Bell Jr.; third great-grandson of John Bell; first cousin twice removed of Samuel Newell Bell; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Henry Bell; second cousin four times removed of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham and Charles Wentworth Upham; third cousin thrice removed of James Phineas Upham.
  Political family: Upham family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851) — also known as Henry A. S. Dearborn — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk County), Mass. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., March 3, 1783. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1812-29; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1829; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1830; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1831-33; defeated, 1832; mayor of Roxbury, Mass., 1847-51. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, July 29, 1851 (age 68 years, 148 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Dearborn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Jeremiah Fogg (1749-1808) — of Kensington, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Kensington, Rockingham County, N.H., 1749. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1796-1802. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Kensington, Rockingham County, N.H., May 26, 1808 (age about 58 years). Interment at Upper Yard Burial Ground, Kensington, N.H.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., August 3, 1755. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-97; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1804-05; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1805-14; died in office 1814. Congregationalist. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 2, 1814 (age 58 years, 272 days). Interment at Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas Gilman (1731-1783) and Ann (Taylor) Gilman; brother of John Taylor Gilman and Nathaniel Gilman; granduncle of Charles Jervis Gilman; first cousin once removed of John Wentworth Jr.; third cousin of Nathaniel Folsom; fourth cousin of Charles Dustin Coffin; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Davis, Lee Randall Sanborn and John Pitts Sanborn.
  Political families: Gilman family of Exeter, New Hampshire; Wentworth-Gilman family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Nicholas Gilman (built 1942 at Houston, Texas; scrapped 1963) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Sinclair Weeks Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) — also known as Sinclair Weeks — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Lancaster, Coos County, N.H. Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 15, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor of Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956 (speaker); Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1936-38; member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1941-44; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati. Died, in the Rivercrest Nursing Home, Concord, Middlesex County, Mass., February 7, 1972 (age 78 years, 237 days). Interment at Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Martha (Sinclair) Weeks and John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926); married, December 4, 1915, to Beatrice Lee Dowse; married, January 3, 1948, to Jane (Tompkins) Rankin; married, August 22, 1968, to Alice Pauline (Requa) Low; grandson of John G. Sinclair; great-grandnephew of John Wingate Weeks (1781-1853); first cousin four times removed of Timothy Pickering; third cousin twice removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin thrice removed of Nathan Read.
  Political family: Weeks family of Lancaster, New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Maxwell M. Rabb
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)
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