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Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) —
also known as Frederick H. Allen —
of Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, May 30,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
village
president of Pelham Manor, New York, 1904-06; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920
(alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Newport Hospital,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Interment at Beechwoods
Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen; brother of William
Fessenden Allen; married, June 30,
1892, to Adele Livingston Stevens; grandson of Samuel
Clesson Allen; third great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Gouverneur
Morris; second cousin twice removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Chester
Ashley; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth and Abijah
Blodget; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Josiah
Meigs and Daniel
Pitkin; fourth cousin of Albert
Asahel Bliss and Philemon
Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph
Churchill Strong, Theodore
Davenport, Chester
William Chapin, Harrison
Blodget, John
William Allen, William
Alfred Buckingham, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Oliver
Morgan Hungerford, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919), Judson
H. Warner, Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900) and Josiah
Quincy. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lincoln Carter Almond (b. 1936) —
also known as Lincoln Almond —
of Lincoln, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., June 16,
1936.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1968; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1969-73, 1981-93; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1995-2003; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian. Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) —
also known as Henry P. Baldwin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., February
22, 1814.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1861-62; Governor of
Michigan, 1869-72; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1876;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1879-81; appointed 1879; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1880-81.
Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
31, 1892 (age 78 years, 313
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866-1935) —
also known as R. Livingston Beeckman —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
15, 1866.
Republican. Stockbroker;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1912-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1924;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1915-21; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1922.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of apparently of a heart
attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
21, 1935 (age 68 years, 281
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Samuel M. Blatchford (1820-1893) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 9,
1820.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1867-78; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1878-82; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1882-93; died in office 1893.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 7,
1893 (age 73 years, 120
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Manchester Boss Jr. (1875-1960) —
also known as Henry M. Boss, Jr. —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
13, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1926, 1929-34; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1934.
Episcopalian. Member, Zeta
Psi.
Died April 9,
1960 (age 84 years, 209
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Clark Burdick (1868-1948) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
13, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1906-08; acting postmaster
at Newport,
R.I., 1911-15; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1912;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1915-16; mayor
of Newport, R.I., 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1919-33.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 80 years, 227
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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John Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999) —
also known as John H. Chafee —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
22, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1957-63; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1963-69; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99; defeated, 1972; died in
office 1999.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, at the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
24, 1999 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Kent County, R.I.; statue at Colt
State Park, Bristol, R.I.
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Lincoln Davenport Chafee (b. 1953) —
also known as Lincoln Chafee —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., March
26, 1953.
Delegate
to Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1985; mayor
of Warwick, R.I., 1993-99; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1999-2007; appointed 1999; Governor of
Rhode Island, 2011-15; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 2016.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2016.
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874) —
also known as Benjamin R. Curtis —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
4, 1809.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1851-57.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
15, 1874 (age 64 years, 315
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Curtis and Lois (Robbins) Curtis; married, May 8,
1833, to Eliza M. Woodward; married, January
5, 1846, to Anna Wroe Scollay; married, August
29, 1861, to Maria Malleville Allen; father of Anne Wroe Scollay
Curtis (who married Seth
Low). |
| | | Political families: Choate
family of Salem, Massachusetts; White-Moffat
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Coert du Bois (1881-1960) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., November
10, 1881.
Forester;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; Port Said, 1922; U.S. Consul General in Batavia, 1927-30; Genoa, 1931; Naples, 1931-35; Havana, as of 1938.
Episcopalian.
His two daughters, Jane and Betty, ages 20 and 23, in grief over the
deaths of two RAF airmen they had fallen in love with, killed
themselves by jumping together from a British plane in 1935.
Died, in Westerly Hospital,
Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., March 6,
1960 (age 78 years, 117
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Stonington, Conn.
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Elisha Dyer (1811-1890) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 20,
1811.
Merchant;
cotton mill
business; Adjutant
General of Rhode Island, 1840-45; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1857-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; president and director, Exchange Bank.
Episcopalian.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 17,
1890 (age 78 years, 301
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Daniel Butler Fearing (1859-1918) —
also known as Daniel B. Fearing —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
14, 1859.
Democrat. Mayor
of Newport, R.I., 1894; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Rhode Island.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 26,
1918 (age 58 years, 285
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Peter Goelet Gerry (1879-1957) —
also known as Peter G. Gerry —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1917-29, 1935-47; defeated, 1928,
1930; member of Democratic
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1932-36.
Episcopalian.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
31, 1957 (age 78 years, 43
days).
Interment at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Louisa Matilda (Livingston) Gerry and Elbridge
Thomas Gerry; married, May 26,
1910, to Mathilde Townsend (who later married Benjamin
Sumner Welles); married, October
22, 1925, to Edith Stuyvesant (Dresser) Vanderbilt;
great-grandson of Elbridge
Gerry, Ann
Gerry and Maturin
Livingston; great-grandnephew of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847); second great-grandson of Morgan
Lewis; second great-grandnephew of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813) and Edward
Livingston; third great-grandson of Francis
Lewis and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); fifth great-grandnephew of Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin four times removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer and James
Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, William
Livingston and Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Robert
Walton Goelet and Ogden
Livingston Mills; second cousin once removed of Peter
Goelet; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and John
Jacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Tallmadge, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin once removed of William
Waldorf Astor; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge, Gerrit
Smith and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; third cousin thrice removed of Levi
Lincoln, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Hamilton
Fish; fourth cousin of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler and Robert
Reginald Livingston; fourth cousin once removed of Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Clinton Gray (1843-1915) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1843.
Democrat. Lawyer; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1888-1913; appointed 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., June 28,
1915 (age 71 years, 206
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Benjamin Hazard (1770-1841) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Middletown, Newport
County, R.I., September
18, 1770.
Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1809-40; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1816-18.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., March
10, 1841 (age 70 years, 173
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Clifford Chesley Hubbard (b. 1884) —
also known as Clifford C. Hubbard —
of Norton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April
30, 1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elmer Elston Hubbard and Lucy Amelia (Read) Hubbard; married, June 18,
1915, to Edith Adelaide Wass. |
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Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
23, 1877.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1909-13; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1920-21; Romania, 1921-25; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
18, 1933 (age 56 years, 56
days).
Interment at Jay
Family Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustus Jay and Emily Astor (Kane) Jay; married, March
16, 1909, to Susan Alexander McCook; great-grandson of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and Joseph
Pearson; great-grandnephew of William
Jay; second great-grandson of John
Jay and Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825); second great-grandnephew of James
Jay, Frederick
Jay and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; third great-grandson of William
Livingston; third great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and Philip
Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; fourth great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder, Anthony
Brockholls, Pieter
Van Brugh and Phillip
French; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin twice removed of John
Jay II; first cousin four times removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800); first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Brockholst Ledyard; second cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed
of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed of Henry
Cruger; third cousin once removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and Denning
Duer; third cousin thrice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
P. Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Hamilton
Fish; fourth cousin of Brockholst
Livingston; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr., John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Flora Cameron Kampmann (born c.1926) —
also known as Flora Cameron; Mrs. Ike S. Kampmann,
Jr. —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., about 1926.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1960,
1964;
member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1960-68.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Junior
League; Colonial
Dames.
Still living as of 1968.
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John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870) —
also known as John P. Kennedy —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
25, 1795.
Whig. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1820-22, 1846; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1838-39, 1841-45;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1852-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
18, 1870 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I., October
1, 1890.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to
Greece, 1933-41; Iceland, 1941-42; South Africa, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1943-44; Greece, 1943-47; Portugal, 1948-52; Spain, 1952-53.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in a nursing
home at Adelphi, Prince
George's County, Md., January
15, 1972 (age 81 years, 106
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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William Ferdinand Morgan (1816-1888) —
also known as William F. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
21, 1816.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1888 (age 71 years, 150
days).
Interment somewhere
in Newport, R.I.
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Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) —
also known as Dana G. Munro —
of New Jersey.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 18,
1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1920-21; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1930-32.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1990
(age about
97 years).
Interment somewhere
in Waquoit, Mass.
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Claiborne de Borda Pell (1918-2009) —
also known as Claiborne Pell; "Senator
Oddball" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1964,
1968,
1988,
1996.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
1, 2009 (age 90 years, 40
days).
Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery, Middletown, R.I.
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Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. (1884-1961) —
also known as Herbert C. Pell, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
16, 1884.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920; New
York Democratic state chair, 1921-26; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1924;
U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1937-41; Hungary, 1941.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Phi.
Died in Munich (München), Germany,
July
17, 1961 (age 77 years, 151
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Frederick Henry Prince (1859-1953) —
also known as Frederick H. Prince —
of Wenham, Essex
County, Mass.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Biarritz, France.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1859.
Republican. Financier;
owned or controlled stockyards,
meatpacking
plants, and railroads;
one of the world's wealthiest men; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died in Biarritz, France,
February
3, 1953 (age about 93
years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Harry Sandager (1887-1955) —
of Auburn, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April
12, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; automobile
dealer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1928-36; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940, 1942; member of Republican
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1941-44; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Lions;
Delta
Phi Epsilon.
Died in Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., December
24, 1955 (age 68 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, R.I.
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Hans Frederick Arthur Schoenfeld (1889-1952) —
also known as H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
31, 1889.
U.S. Consular Agent in Caracas, 1910-12; U.S. Minister to Dominican Republic, 1931-37; Finland, 1937-42; Hungary, 1945-47.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Died March 2,
1952 (age 63 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Orray Taft Jr. (b. 1909) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
21, 1909.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Guadalajara, 1932; Warsaw, as of 1934-38; Algiers, 1942; U.S. Consul in Mexicali, 1942; Havana, 1943-45; Vancouver, 1945-48; Tripoli, 1949-51; Sydney, 1956-60.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orray Taft and Mary Margaret (Aylesworth) Taft; married, September
11, 1933, to Janet Chapman Davidson. |
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William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981) —
also known as William H. Vanderbilt —
of Portsmouth, Newport
County, R.I.; South Williamstown, Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
24, 1901.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); Governor of
Rhode Island, 1939-41; defeated, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Died in South Williamstown, Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., April
14, 1981 (age 79 years, 141
days).
Interment at Southlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Henry White (1850-1927) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March
29, 1850.
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1905-07; France, 1906-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
5, 1883.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1930-33; Colombia, 1933-34.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1965
(age about
82 years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 2,
1876.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,
Long Island Railroad.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; married, October
3, 1905, to Alice Woodward Babcock. |
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Henry O. Wood (1837-1925) —
of Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rhode Island, 1837.
Merchant;
postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1870.
Episcopalian.
Died in Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass., October
27, 1925 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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