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Robert Shillingford Babcock (1915-1985) —
also known as Robert S. Babcock —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 22,
1915.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
university professor; member of Vermont
state senate, 1951-54, 1957-58; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1959-61; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1960; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1977-81.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association.
Died in Yuma, Yuma
County, Ariz., September
1, 1985 (age 70 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Hatch Bennett (1824-1898) —
also known as Edmund H. Bennett —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., April 6,
1824.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Massachusetts, 1858-63; mayor
of Taunton, Mass., 1865-67; resigned 1867; law professor.
Episcopalian.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
2, 1898 (age 73 years, 271
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Walter H. Crockett (b. 1870) —
of Colchester, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Colchester, Chittenden
County, Vt., June 26,
1870.
Republican. Lecturer; editor of university publications;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1927.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Madeleine M. Kunin (b. 1933) —
also known as Madeleine May —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Zurich, Switzerland,
September
28, 1933.
Democrat. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1973-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1979-82; Governor of
Vermont, 1985-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Vermont, 1988
(Co-Chair),
2008;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1996-99; Liechtenstein, 1997-99; university professor.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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William Stowell Leavenworth (1862-1943) —
also known as William S. Leavenworth —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., July 28,
1862.
Progressive. Chemist;
college professor; candidate for Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1914; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1915.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 30,
1943 (age 80 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Evelina (Griggs) Leavenworth and Abel Edgar Leavenworth;
married, December
15, 1892, to Sophia Holt Shepard. |
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Edward John Phelps (1822-1900) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., July 11,
1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; candidate for
Governor
of Vermont, 1880; law professor; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1885-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 9,
1900 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Alfred Willoughby Smith (1870-1947) —
also known as Alfred W. Smith —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
of American parents, September
22, 1870.
Lawyer;
lecturer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Odessa, 1906-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Moscow, as of 1914.
Died, of pulmonary
tuberculosis, in the Vermont Sanatorium,
Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., March
14, 1947 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Joseph Wade (1861-1931) —
also known as Martin J. Wade —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., October
20, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 8th District, 1893-1903; law professor;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1903-05; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1912; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, 1915-31; died
in office 1931.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
16, 1931 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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George Willard (1824-1901) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Bolton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
20, 1824.
Republican. Episcopal
priest; college professor; newspaper
editor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-62; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1864-73; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District,
1867-68; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1873-77.
Episcopalian.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
26, 1901 (age 77 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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John Hopkins Worcester Jr. (1845-1893) —
also known as John H. Worcester —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 2,
1845.
Republican. Pastor,
Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary,
1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309
days).
Interment somewhere
in Burlington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester; married, October
29, 1874, to Harriet Strong. |
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