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English ancestry Politicians in Rhode Island

Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) — also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of the United States" — of Providence, Providence County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent County, R.I. Born in Foster, Providence County, R.I., November 6, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; director, Roger Williams Bank; president, First National Bank of Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad; organizer and president, United Traction and Electric Company; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, from an apoplectic stroke, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 16, 1915 (age 73 years, 161 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Anan Evans Aldrich and Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich; married, October 9, 1866, to Abby Pearce Truman Chapman; father of Richard Steere Aldrich and Winthrop Williams Aldrich; grandfather of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller; great-grandfather of John Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop Paul Rockefeller.   Political family: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Aldrich Hall (built 1953), at the Harvard University Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Image source: Library of Congress   Robert Bushby (b. 1843) — of Little York, Cortland County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I., 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Cortland County Treasurer, 1876-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884 (alternate), 1888; traveling passenger agent, Grand Trunk Railway; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. English ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Bushby and Ann (Patterson) Bushby; married to Mary A. Miller.   George Henry Calvert (1803-1889) — of Baltimore, Md.; Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in Prince George's County, Md., January 2, 1803. Newspaper editor; writer; poet; university professor; mayor of Newport, R.I., 1854. English and Belgian ancestry. Died May 24, 1889 (age 86 years, 142 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Calvert and Rosalie Eugenia (Stier) Calvert; brother of Charles Benedict Calvert; married, May 11, 1829, to Elizabeth Steuart.   Robert John Hodgson (1857-1932) — also known as R. J. Hodgson — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Woonsocket, Providence County, R.I., November 15, 1857. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920. English ancestry. Died in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, December 22, 1932 (age 75 years, 37 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Hodgson and Patience (Moss) Hodgson; married, April 7, 1880, to Jennie Mabel Didge; father of Florence H. Pendleton.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) — also known as Samuel W. Hopkins — of Coventry, Tolland County, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Exeter, Washington County, R.I., April 1, 1845. School teacher; lawyer; real estate developer; Isabella County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80; candidate for village president of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877; chair of Isabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884; president, Mount Pleasant Sugar Company; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic), 1914 (Progressive). Unitarian. English ancestry. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., August 20, 1923 (age 78 years, 141 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Hopkins and Freelove Burlingame (Arnold) Hopkins; married, December 10, 1873, to Margaretta Vedder.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Florence H. Pendleton (1880-1939) — also known as Florence Ethel Hodgson — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Woonsocket, Providence County, R.I., July 7, 1880. Republican. Member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1928. Female. English ancestry. Died July 14, 1939 (age 59 years, 7 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.   Relatives: Daughter of Robert John Hodgson and Jennie Mabel (Dodge) Hodgson; married, December 29, 1909, to Irving Erskine Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac Stuart Raymond.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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