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Politician members in New Jersey

  Robert Atcheson Alberts (b. 1872) — also known as Robert A. Alberts — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., October 19, 1872. Republican. President, C. B. Hewitt & Bros. paper and glue; vice-president, Albowe Realty Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928, 1932; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large; elected 1933. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Charles Alberts and Sarah Jane (Atcheson) Alberts; married, November 27, 1913, to Grace Marshall.
  Loomis Baldrey (1882-1954) — of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Wash. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., May 19, 1882. Republican. Lawyer; Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney, 1918-23; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1940 (alternate), 1944. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Kiwanis. Died in 1954 (age about 72 years). Interment at Greenacres Memorial Park, Ferndale, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Baldrey and Mella Calista (Loomis) Baldrey; married, June 16, 1906, to Winona Florence Hine.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Franklin Haywood Berry (1904-1975) — also known as Franklin H. Berry — of Toms River, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Manahawkin, Ocean County, N.J., May 15, 1904. Lawyer; bank director; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Ocean County, 1947. Member, Kiwanis; Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died in Toms River, Ocean County, N.J., June 16, 1975 (age 71 years, 32 days). Interment at Beach Avenue Cemetery, Manahawkin, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Willits Berry and Jessie (Haywood) Berry.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Budd Cannon (1866-1948) — also known as B. Budd Cannon — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in New Jersey, December 18, 1866. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons. Died January 27, 1948 (age 81 years, 40 days). Burial location unknown.
  Harry T. Hagaman (1869-1952) — of Lakewood, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Toms River, Ocean County, N.J., June 2, 1869. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1917-19; member of New Jersey state senate from Ocean County, 1920-22; postmaster at Lakewood, N.J., 1922-35. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Junior Order; Redmen; Foresters; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Died in 1952 (age about 83 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Toms River, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Hagaman and Alica M. (Applegate) Hagaman; married, June 26, 1895, to Maude Walton.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joshua C. Haines (b. 1868) — of Camden, Camden County, N.J. Born in Swedesboro, Gloucester County, N.J., July 1, 1868. Republican. Camden County Sheriff, 1914-17; member of New Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1918-20. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Tall Cedars of Lebanon; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  William Thackara Read (1878-1954) — also known as William T. Read — of Camden, Camden County, N.J.; Merchantville, Camden County, N.J. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., November 22, 1878. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of New Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1912-16; resigned 1916; New Jersey state treasurer, 1916-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1932, 1936 (member, Credentials Committee), 1940 (member, Credentials Committee), 1944; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Camden County, 1947. Member, American Bar Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Union League; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Tall Cedars of Lebanon. Died in Camden, Camden County, N.J., August 7, 1954 (age 75 years, 258 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Thackara Read (1846-1891) and Lucretia Swindell (McCormick) Read; married, November 12, 1903, to Florence Atmore; great-grandnephew of John Linton Swindell.
  Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) — also known as Edmund W. Wakelee — of Demarest, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., November 21, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; utility executive; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900; member of New Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1940. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Elks; Royal Arcanum; Knights of Honor; Junior Order. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee.
  Charles Anderson Wolverton (1880-1969) — also known as Charles A. Wolverton — of Camden, Camden County, N.J.; Merchantville, Camden County, N.J. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., October 24, 1880. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1915-18; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1918; Camden County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1918-23; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1927-59. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Rotary; Union League. Died in Camden, Camden County, N.J., May 16, 1969 (age 88 years, 204 days). Interment at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Charles S. Wolverton and Margaret Wolverton.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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