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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts, including a vicuna
coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange;
Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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David Verner Anderson —
also known as David V. Anderson —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1940-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
also known as Harold J. Arthur —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American Legion; Amvets;
Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Grange;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from cancer,
in the Air Force Base Hospital,
Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Frank Elliott Barber Jr. (1912-1992) —
also known as F. Elliott Barber —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., June 8,
1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1944;
member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1947-48.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died January
15, 1992 (age 79 years, 221
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank E. Barber and Elsie (Haskell) Barber; married, January
20, 1938, to Jeanne Freund; married, July 8,
1947, to Virginia Wells. |
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Asa S. Bloomer (1891-1963) —
of West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., August
15, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1937-43; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1943; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1947.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1963
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Francis A. Crowley (1909-1980) —
of Clarkston, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., May 21,
1909.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 61st District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966; candidate for Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1970.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; Eagles;
American Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., April
13, 1980 (age 70 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to Elma
S. Wenner. |
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Irving Willard Eastman (b. 1895) —
of Whiting, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., May 23,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1959-61; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1963.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Chi Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Andrew Gavagan (1892-1968) —
also known as Joseph A. Gavagan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
20, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1929-43; resigned
1943; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1944-61.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Legion.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., October
18, 1968 (age 76 years, 59
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Jay Gordon (1930-2007) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born October
10, 1930.
Democrat. Accountant;
Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1965-68; university
professor.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks;
American Legion.
Killed, along with his wife, in a house fire,
in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., December
4, 2007 (age 77 years, 55
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan Plumpton. |
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Joseph Blaine Johnson (1893-1986) —
also known as Joseph B. Johnson —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Helsingborg, Sweden,
August
29, 1893.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; mechanical
engineer; bank
director; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1945-46; member of Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1947-50; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1951-54; Governor of
Vermont, 1955-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., October
25, 1986 (age 93 years, 57
days).
Interment at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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Leon M. Layden (1893-1955) —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in West Pawlet, Pawlet, Rutland
County, Vt., December
17, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Washington
County Surrogate, 1926-28; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1941; defeated, 1932;
appointed 1941; defeated, 1941.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks;
American Legion.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died in an ambulance,
en route from Whitehall to the Glens Falls hospital, in Washington
County, N.Y., February
8, 1955 (age 61 years, 53
days).
Interment at Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance
companies, the Central Vermont Railway,
and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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George C. Morse (b. 1892) —
of Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., December
21, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1945-47; member of Vermont
state senate from Caledonia County, 1949-63.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Legion; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Mortimer Robinson Proctor (1889-1968) —
also known as Mortimer R. Proctor —
of Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., May 30,
1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
Vermont Marble Co.; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1933-39; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1937; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1941-45; Governor of
Vermont, 1945-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; delegation chair; speaker);
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Member, Grange;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Psi
Upsilon; Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons.
Died April
28, 1968 (age 78 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Francis Radigan (1905-1975) —
also known as Joseph F. Radigan —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., November
15, 1905.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1957-59; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1961-69.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August
1, 1975 (age 69 years, 259
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Radigan and Mary C. (Ryan) Radigan; married 1945 to
Florence Irene Sabourin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Arkwright Snelling (1927-1991) —
also known as Richard A. Snelling —
of Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., February
18, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1959-60, 1973-76; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1960,
1968,
1980;
chair
of Chittenden County Republican Party, 1963-66; member of Vermont
Republican State Executive Committee, 1963-66; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1964; Governor of
Vermont, 1977-85, 1991; defeated, 1966; died in office 1991;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1986.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
13, 1991 (age 64 years, 176
days).
Interment at Shelburne
Village Cemetery, Shelburne, Vt.
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Edward Elwell Spafford (1878-1941) —
also known as Edward E. Spafford —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March
12, 1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
National Commander, American Legion, 1927-28; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1930.
Member, American Legion.
In 1941, during divorce proceedings, he was accused
of conspiring with German
agents in America; in an interview published in 1943 by
journalist John Roy Carlson, he espoused strongly antisemitic
and pro-Hitler
views.
Died, in the Naval Academy Hospital,
Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
13, 1941 (age 63 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram Duncan Spafford and Georgia F. Spafford; married, May 22,
1912, to Lucille M. Stevens; married 1922 to
Lillian Mercer Pierce. |
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Robert Theodore Stafford (1913-2006) —
also known as Robert T. Stafford —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August
8, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Rutland
County State's Attorney, 1947-51; served in the U.S. Navy during
the Korean conflict; Vermont
state attorney general, 1955-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1957-59; Governor of
Vermont, 1959-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1961-71; resigned 1971; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1971-89; appointed 1971.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., December
23, 2006 (age 93 years, 137
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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