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Alpheus F. Angell (1825-1898) —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Johnston, Providence
County, R.I., 1825.
Democrat. Real estate business; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died June 30,
1898 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Pocasset
Cemetery, Cranston, R.I.
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Relatives: Son
of Olney Angell and Almira (Fenner) Angell; married to Ruth T.
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Olney Arnold (1861-1916) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I., September
8, 1861.
Democrat. Treasurer and manager Rogers Screw Company; president,
Angell Land Company; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1888;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1908; candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1908, 1909; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1913-16, died in office 1916; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1914-16, died in office 1916; under
investigation in 1916 on charges
of making unneutral
utterances.
Unitarian.
Died in Lisbon, Portugal,
March
5, 1916 (age 54 years, 179
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Zenas Work Bliss (1867-1957) —
also known as Zenas W. Bliss —
of Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.; Edgewood, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Johnston, Providence
County, R.I., January
10, 1867.
Republican. Real estate business; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1903-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1910-13; Rhode Island State Tax
Commissioner.
Unitarian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; Freemasons.
Died in Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., January
10, 1957 (age 90 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Charles Francis Clough (1843-1927) —
also known as C. F. Clough —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I., December
26, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real estate
broker; mayor
of Spokane, Wash., 1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., December
27, 1927 (age 84 years, 1
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Wash.
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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.
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James Howard McGrath (1903-1966) —
also known as J. Howard McGrath —
of Central Falls, Providence
County, R.I.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.; South Kingstown, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I., November
28, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
real estate and insurance
business; vice-chair of
Rhode Island Democratic Party, 1928-30; Rhode Island
Democratic state chair, 1930-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1932,
1936,
1944
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1948
(speaker),
1952,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1934-40; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1941-45; resigned 1945; U.S. Solicitor General,
1945-46; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1947-49; defeated in primary, 1960; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1947-49; U.S.
Attorney General, 1949-52.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Grange;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis;
Urban
League; American
Judicature Society; Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I., September
2, 1966 (age 62 years, 278
days).
Interment at St.
Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, R.I.
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