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Porter Hinman Dale (1867-1933) —
also known as Porter H. Dale —
of Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt., March 1,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; lumber
business; member of Vermont
state senate, 1910-12; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1915-23; resigned 1923;
U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1923-33; died in office 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Westmore, Orleans
County, Vt., October
6, 1933 (age 66 years, 219
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Island Pond, Brighton, Vt.
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Mark John Dalton (c.1915-2004) —
also known as Mark Dalton —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., about 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Judge John
C. Mahoney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
his intelligence report from Utah Beach, Normandy, paved the way for
the D-Day invasion; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1954; aide to President John
F. Kennedy.
Died, of colon
cancer, in South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., May 2,
2004 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Dover, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1949 to
Barbara Higgins. |
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Charles Hial Darling (1859-1944) —
also known as Charles H. Darling —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., May 9,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Vermont, 1887-1901;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896-98; U.S. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, 1901-05; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1905-09.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons.
Died in 1944
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Hale Knight Darling (b. 1869) —
also known as Hale K. Darling —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Corinth, Orange
County, Vt., January
26, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; Orange
County State's Attorney, 1896-1900; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1904-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1915-17.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Kimball Darling (b. 1833) —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Corinth, Orange
County, Vt., March 8,
1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
lawyer; Orange
County State's Attorney, 1882-84; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1890-92; member of Vermont
state senate, 1894.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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William Aiken Davenport (b. 1869) —
also known as William A. Davenport —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Wilmington, Windham
County, Vt., October
23, 1869.
Lawyer; vice-chair of
Massachusetts Democratic Party, 1899; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Franklin & Hampshire District, 1935-36; Independent
Tax Reform candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1938.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Moose; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Tabor Davenport and Alice S. (Warner) Davenport; married
1894 to
Belle M. Shearer. |
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Deane Chandler Davis (1900-1990) —
also known as Deane C. Davis —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.; Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in East Barre, Barre town, Washington
County, Vt., November
7, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; Washington
County State's Attorney, 1926-28; superior court judge in
Vermont, 1931-36; general counsel and vice-president, National Life
Insurance Co.; director, People's National Bank of
Barre, Vt.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,
1948,
1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Vermont, 1969-73; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Berlin, Washington
County, Vt., December
8, 1990 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Barre, Vt.
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Gilbert Asa Davis (b. 1835) —
of Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Chester, Windsor
County, Vt., December
18, 1835.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1872-76; member of Vermont
state senate, 1876-78; Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1878-80.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Davis and Mary (Hosmer) Davis; married, April
13, 1862, to Delia I. Bolles. |
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Charles Werden Deane (1837-1914) —
also known as Charles W. Deane; C. W. Deane; Charles
W. Dean —
of Pentwater, Oceana
County, Mich.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis.
Born in Grafton, Windham
County, Vt., 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; Oceana
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861-62; major in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo District, 1867-68;
village president, Pentwater, Mich., 1867; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868.
Died in Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis., June 4,
1914 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Michigan City, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Werden Dean and Philinder (Willey) Dean; married to Adele C.
Woodward. |
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memorial |
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Edward Harrington Deavitt (b. 1871) —
also known as Edward H. Deavitt —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Moretown, Washington
County, Vt., December
1, 1871.
Lawyer; director, Barre and Montpelier Power
and Traction
Co.; treasurer, Capital City Gas Co.;
Vermont
state treasurer, 1906-15.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Deavitt (b. 1840) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
17, 1840.
Lawyer; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; director, Barre
and Montpelier Power
and Traction
Co.
Burial location unknown.
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John Joseph Deschenes (b. 1910) —
also known as John J. Deschenes —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., June 26,
1910.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1947.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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William Paul Dillingham (1843-1923) —
also known as William P. Dillingham —
of Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., December
12, 1843.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Vermont
secretary of civil and military affairs, 1867, 1874-76; Washington
County State's Attorney, 1872-74; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1876, 1884; member
of Vermont
state senate from Washington County, 1878-80; Governor of
Vermont, 1888-90; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1900-23; died in office 1923; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1904,
1908.
Methodist.
Died in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., July 12,
1923 (age 79 years, 212
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Waterbury, Vt.
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Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) —
also known as Stephen A. Douglas; Arnold Douglass;
"The Little Giant" —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brandon, Rutland
County, Vt., April
23, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-39; secretary
of state of Illinois, 1840-41; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1841-43; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1847-61; died in office 1861; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1852,
1856;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860.
Slaveowner.
Died, of typhoid
fever, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 3,
1861 (age 48 years, 41
days).
Entombed at Douglas
Monument Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah 'Sally' (Fisk) Douglass; married
1847 to
Martha Denny Martin; married 1856 to Adele
Cutts; father of Robert
Martin Douglas; grandfather of Robert
Dick Douglas. |
| | | Political family: Douglas-Dick
family of Greensboro, North Carolina. |
| | | Douglas counties in Colo., Ga., Ill., Kan., Minn., Mo., Neb., Nev., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Stephen A. Douglas: Robert
W. Johannsen, Stephen
A. Douglas — James L. Huston, Stephen
A. Douglas and the Dilemmas of Democratic Equality —
Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Fergus M. Bordewich, America's
Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That
Preserved the Union |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Samuel Townsend Douglass (1814-1898) —
also known as Samuel T. Douglass —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Ile, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wallingford, Rutland
County, Vt., February
28, 1814.
Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; resigned 1857.
Died in Grosse Ile, Wayne
County, Mich., March 5,
1898 (age 84 years, 5
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Wade Dudley (b. 1842) —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Weathersfield Bow, Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt., August
27, 1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded
at the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, and lost his
right leg; Wayne
County Clerk of Courts, 1866-74; milling
business; lawyer; banker;
U.S. Marshal, District of Indiana, 1879-81; U.S. Commissioner of
Pensions, 1881-85; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1864 to
Theresa Fiske. |
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Alexander Dunnett (b. 1852) —
also known as Alex Dunnett —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
29, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Caledonia County Republican Party, 1882-86; Caledonia
County State's Attorney, 1886-90; member of Vermont
state senate, 1900; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1906-15; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1916
(alternate), 1920.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Dunnett and Christiana (Galbraith) Dunnett; married, April
29, 1889, to Ellen Chalmers. |
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Joseph Ketchum Edgerton (1818-1893) —
also known as Joseph K. Edgerton —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., February
16, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1863-65.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
25, 1893 (age 75 years, 190
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Bela
Edgerton and Phebe (Ketchum) Edgerton; brother of Alfred
Peck Edgerton; second cousin once removed of Heman
Ticknor; second cousin twice removed of Harry
Andrews Gager; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Abel and Calvin
Fillmore; third cousin twice removed of Zina
Hyde Jr. and Frank
Heman Ticknor; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold, Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; fourth cousin of Millard
Fillmore, John
Arnold Rockwell, John
Leslie Russell and Hiram
Bingham; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Lathrop, William
Woodbridge, Henry
Meigs, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Charles
Robert Sherman, Isaac
Backus, Willard
J. Chapin, Albert
Haller Tracy, Martin
Olds, Harrison
Blodget, Henry
Titus Backus, David
Edgerton, Augustus
Frank, Leslie
Wead Russell, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell, Charles
Hazen Russell, John
Clarence Keeler, Hiram
Bingham Jr., Alfred
Mitchell Bingham and Jonathan
Brewster Bingham. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Franklin Edmunds (1828-1919) —
also known as George F. Edmunds —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
1, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1854-55, 1857-59;
Speaker
of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1857-59; member of
Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1861-62; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1865-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880,
1884.
Episcopalian.
Author of Edmunds Act for suppression of polygamy in Utah, 1882.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1919 (age 91 years, 26
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Charles Augustus Eldredge (1820-1896) —
also known as Charles A. Eldredge —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Bridport, Addison
County, Vt., February
27, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1854-56; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1863-75 (4th District 1863-73, 5th
District 1873-75); defeated, 1874.
Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., October
26, 1896 (age 76 years, 242
days).
Interment at Rienzi
Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Loyal D. Eldredge (b. 1831) —
of Grand Isle
County, Vt.; Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Stockholm, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., February
5, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; Grand
Isle County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1876-78; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Middlebury, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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James Elliott (1775-1839) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.; Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.; Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., August
18, 1775.
Author;
poet;
lawyer; postmaster at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1801-03; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1803-09; newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Windham
County Clerk of Court, 1817-35; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1837-38; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1837-39.
Died in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., November
10, 1839 (age 64 years, 84
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854) —
of Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Windsor (unknown
county), Vt., 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; Saratoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1837-43; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1843-45.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1854 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Lee Earl Emerson (1898-1976) —
also known as Lee E. Emerson —
of Vermont.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., December
19, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1939-42; member of Vermont
state senate, 1943-44; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1945-49; Governor of
Vermont, 1951-55; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1960.
Died in Berlin, Washington
County, Vt., May 21,
1976 (age 77 years, 154
days).
Interment at Welcome O. Brown Cemetery, Barton, Vt.
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Curtis Stanton Emery (b. 1861) —
also known as Curtis S. Emery —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.; Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt., November
6, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Orange
County Commissioner, 1885-88; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Chelsea, 1888; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Maxwell Evarts (1862-1913) —
of Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born November
15, 1862.
Lawyer; counsel for the Union Pacific and other railroads;
banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died October
7, 1913 (age 50 years, 326
days).
Interment at Ascutney
Cemetery, Windsor, Vt.
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William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901) —
also known as William M. Evarts —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
6, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Attorney General, 1868-69; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1877-81; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1885-91.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1901 (age 83 years, 22
days).
Interment at Ascutney
Cemetery, Windsor, Vt.
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Horace Everett (1779-1851) —
of Vermont.
Born in Foxboro, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 17,
1779.
Lawyer; Windsor
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1813-18; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818-20, 1824, 1834; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1828; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1829-43.
Died in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., January
30, 1851 (age 71 years, 197
days).
Interment at Old
South Burying Ground, Windsor, Vt.
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William Henry Fairchild (1853-1929) —
also known as William H. Fairchild —
of Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born January
31, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died May 8,
1929 (age 76 years, 97
days).
Interment at Bradley
Cemetery, Fairfield, Vt.
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Roswell Farnham (1827-1903) —
of Bradford, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1827.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Vermont
state senate, 1869-70; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Vermont; Governor of
Vermont, 1880-82.
Died in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., January
5, 1903 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Interment at Bradford
Town Cemetery, Bradford, Vt.
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Walter Kellogg Farnsworth (1870-1929) —
also known as Walter K. Farnsworth —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., November
17, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; horse
breeder; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1923; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1925-27; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1926.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Grange.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August
2, 1929 (age 58 years, 258
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Farnsworth and Maria Augusta (Hatch)
Farnsworth. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Elbert O. Farrar —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Granville, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1882-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Joseph Farrell (b. 1861) —
also known as Patrick J. Farrell —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Stanstead, Quebec,
May
10, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
Democratic State Committee, 1892-1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Vermont, 1896;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1928-34.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Farrell and Rose Ann Theresa (Hart) Farrell; married, August
9, 1883, to Sarah M. Brady. |
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Walter Samuel Fenton (1886-1940) —
also known as Walter S. Fenton —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., July 12,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1917-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from a coronary
embolism, in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., July 12,
1940 (age 54 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Tarbell Field (1876-1950) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., December
24, 1876.
Lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1929-47; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1938-47.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Newton-Wellesley Hospital,
Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 23,
1950 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walbridge Abner Field (1833-1899) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., April
26, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1877-81; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1881-99; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1890-99.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 15,
1899 (age 66 years, 80
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Benjamin Frank Fifield (b. 1832) —
also known as Benjamin F. Fifield —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Vt., November
18, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; general counsel, Central Vermont Railroad;
U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1869-80; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1881; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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Darwin Abel Finney (1814-1868) —
also known as Darwin A. Finney —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Shrewsbury, Rutland
County, Vt., August
11, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1848; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-61 (20th District 1856-57, 27th District
1858-61); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1867-68; died in
office 1868.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
August
25, 1868 (age 54 years, 14
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel William Fishman (1913-1975) —
also known as Samuel Fishman —
of Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., April
15, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1952;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1957-61; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1963.
Jewish.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1975
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George M. Fisk (b. 1830) —
of Northfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Wolcott, Lamoille
County, Vt., June 7,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Vermont, 1876
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah (Reed) Fisk and David Fisk; married 1856 to Jane
E. Nichols. |
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Henry C. Fisk (b. 1852) —
of Morrisville, Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt., July 22,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Morristown, 1886; member of
Vermont
state senate from Lamoille County, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarke C. Fitts (b. 1870) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt., October
17, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1904; Vermont
state attorney general, 1904-08.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Gleed Fleetwood (1868-1938) —
also known as Frederick G. Fleetwood —
of Morrisville, Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., September
27, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1900; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Vermont; secretary
of state of Vermont, 1902-08, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1923-25.
Episcopalian.
Died in Morrisville, Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt., January
28, 1938 (age 69 years, 123
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Morrisville, Morristown, Vt.
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Isaac Fletcher (1784-1842) —
of Vermont.
Born in Dunstable, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
22, 1784.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1819-24; Caledonia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1820-29; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 5th District, 1837-41.
Died in Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., October
19, 1842 (age 57 years, 331
days).
Interment at Lyndon
Town Cemetery, Lyndon Center, Lyndon, Vt.
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John Fassett Follett (1831-1902) —
of Ohio.
Born in Enosburg, Franklin
County, Vt., February
18, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1866-68; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1883-85.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
15, 1902 (age 71 years, 56
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Solomon Foot (1802-1866) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Cornwall, Addison
County, Vt., November
19, 1802.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1833, 1836-38; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1851-66; died in office 1866; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1864.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1866 (age 63 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Ralph Albert Foote (1923-2003) —
also known as Ralph A. Foote —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born January
22, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; Addison
County State's Attorney, 1950-56; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1957-60; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1961-64; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1964.
Died July 16,
2003 (age 80 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, West Cornwall, Cornwall, Vt.
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George Edmund Foss (1863-1936) —
also known as George E. Foss —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., July 2,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1913, 1915-19 (7th District
1895-1903, 10th District 1903-13, 1915-19); defeated in primary,
1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1918.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
15, 1936 (age 72 years, 257
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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David Johnson Foster (1857-1912) —
also known as David J. Foster —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., June 27,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Chittenden
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-90; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892-94; Vermont Commissioner of Taxes, 1894-98;
chair, board of railroad commissioners, 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1901-12; died in office
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
21, 1912 (age 54 years, 268
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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John Gilman Foster (1859-1931) —
also known as John G. Foster —
of Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., March 9,
1859.
Lawyer; banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892-94; U.S. Consul General in
Halifax, 1897-1903; Ottawa, 1903-27.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., January
6, 1931 (age 71 years, 303
days).
Interment at Derby Line Cemetery, Derby Line, Derby, Vt.
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Winsor Brown French (1832-1910) —
also known as Winsor B. French —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt., July 28,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; postmaster at
Saratoga
Springs, N.Y., 1899-1903.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., March
24, 1910 (age 77 years, 239
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Thomas James Duncan Fuller (1808-1876) —
also known as Thomas J. D. Fuller —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., March
17, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1849-57 (7th District 1849-53, 6th
District 1853-57).
Died near Upperville, Fauquier
County, Va., February
13, 1876 (age 67 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Daniel G. Furman (b. 1837) —
of Swanton, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in New York, May 28,
1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Swanton, 1888.
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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Ernest Willard Gibson (1872-1940) —
also known as Ernest W. Gibson —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt., December
29, 1872.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906; member of Vermont
state senate, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1912;
Progressive candidate for Vermont
state attorney general, 1914; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Vermont
secretary of civil and military affairs, 1922-23; appointed 1922;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1923-33 (2nd District 1923-33,
at-large 1933); U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1933-40; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Redmen.
Died June 20,
1940 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Ernest William Gibson (1901-1969) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., March 6,
1901.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; mathematician;
lawyer; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1929-32; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1940-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Governor of
Vermont, 1947-50; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1950-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles;
Phi
Delta Phi; Theta
Chi.
Died in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., November
4, 1969 (age 68 years, 243
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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John Warren Gordon (1857-1931) —
also known as John W. Gordon; "Honest
John" —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Vershire, Orange
County, Vt., September
16, 1857.
Granite
business; lawyer; delegate to Gold Democrat National
Convention from Vermont, 1896; mayor of
Barre, Vt., 1896-1900; member of Vermont
state senate, 1911-12; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1923-24, 1929-30.
Universalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died suddenly, probably from a heart
attack, in his
car, on Elm Street, Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., October
26, 1931 (age 74 years, 40
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery, Barre, Vt.
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Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891) —
also known as Josiah B. Grinnell —
of Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa.
Born in New Haven, Addison
County, Vt., December
22, 1821.
Republican. Pastor;
abolitionist; member of Iowa
state senate, 1856-60; lawyer; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1863-67; director, Rock
Island Railroad;
receiver, Iowa Central Railroad;
president, First National Bank of
Grinnell.
Congregationalist.
He claimed to be the original recipient of Horace
Greeley's famous advice to "Go West, young man.".
Died, from a throat
ailment and asthma,
in Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa, March
31, 1891 (age 69 years, 99
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Grinnell, Iowa.
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Ezra Carter Gross (1787-1829) —
also known as Ezra C. Gross —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., July 11,
1787.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; Essex
County Surrogate, 1815-19; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1819-21; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1828-29; died in office 1829.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 9,
1829 (age 41 years, 272
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Keeseville, N.Y.
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Josiah Grout (1841-1925) —
of Rock
Island County, Ill.; Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.; Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Compton, Quebec,
May
28, 1841.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1872-74, 1884-88, 1904; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1874, 1886-88; member
of Vermont
state senate, 1892; Governor of
Vermont, 1896-98.
Died July 19,
1925 (age 84 years, 52
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Wallace Grout (1836-1902) —
also known as William W. Grout —
of Barton, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Compton, Quebec,
of American parents, May 24,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Orleans
County State's Attorney, 1865-66; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Barton, 1868-70, 1874;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker);
member of Vermont
state senate from Orleans County, 1876; U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1881-83, 1885-1901 (3rd District
1881-83, 2nd District 1885-1901).
Died October
7, 1902 (age 66 years, 136
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Kirby, Vt.
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Donald H. Hackel (b. 1925) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
1, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1956;
member of Vermont
Democratic State Committee, 1961-67.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Myer Jacob Hackel and Rose (Milhender) Hackel; married, August
14, 1949, to Stella Bloomberg. |
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Franklin Darius Hale (1854-1940) —
also known as Franklin D. Hale —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.; Lyndon Center, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., March 7,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1883-89; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1884; member of
Vermont
state senate from Essex County, 1886; Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1892-98; U.S. Consul in Coaticook, 1902-08; Charlottetown, 1908-09; Trinidad, 1909-12; Huddersfield, 1912-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Honor.
Died, from uremia,
due to chronic
nephritis, in Lyndon Center, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., April
21, 1940 (age 86 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Stevens Hall (b. 1850) —
also known as Alfred S. Hall —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Westminster West, Westminster, Windham
County, Vt., April
14, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twelfth Middlesex District, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Hall and Frances A. (Tuttle) Hall; married, October
18, 1876, to Annette M. Hitchcock; married, April
10, 1895, to Delia R. Ranney. |
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Hiland Hall (1795-1885) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., July 20,
1795.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1833-43; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1846-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1856;
Governor
of Vermont, 1858-60.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
18, 1885 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Interment at Bennington
Center Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Augustus Cincinnatus Hand (1803-1878) —
also known as Augustus C. Hand —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Shoreham, Addison
County, Vt., September
4, 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; Essex
County Surrogate, 1831; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1839-41; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1845-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1848-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1864.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., March 8,
1878 (age 74 years, 185
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Gideon Hard (1797-1885) —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt., April
29, 1797.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1833-37; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1842-47; county judge in New York,
1856-60.
Died in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., April
27, 1885 (age 87 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Philo Hard and Currence (Hawley) Hard; married, September
14, 1824, to Adeline Burrell; granduncle of Henry
Merritt Hard; second cousin of Benjamin
Hard; second cousin twice removed of Edward
Henry Holden; third cousin once removed of Reuben
Bostwick Heacock and Graham
Hurd Chapin; third cousin twice removed of John
Alsop, Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington and Daniel
Parrish Witter; fourth cousin of Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Hazard, Nathan
Read, Timothy
Pitkin, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Charles
Robert Sherman, Albert
Haller Tracy, Israel
Coe, Eli
Coe Birdsey, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, Edward
Wingate Hatch and Seth
Grosvenor Heacock. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Seneca Haselton (1848-1921) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Westford, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
26, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1886; mayor
of Burlington, Vt., 1891-94; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1894-95; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1902-06, 1908-19; superior court
judge in Vermont, 1906-08.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., July 21,
1921 (age 73 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kittredge Haskins (1836-1916) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Dover, Windham
County, Vt., April 8,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Vermont
Republican State Committee, 1869-72; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1870-72; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1872-74, 1896-1900; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1898-1900; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1880-87; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892-94; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1901-09; municipal
judge in Vermont, 1910; postmaster at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1911-15.
Died in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., August
7, 1916 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Abner Hazeltine (1793-1879) —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt., June 10,
1793.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1833-37; Chautauqua
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1847-50; Chautauqua
County Judge, 1859-63; postmaster at Jamestown,
N.Y., 1865-69.
Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., December
20, 1879 (age 86 years, 193
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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Ira Sherwin Hazeltine (1821-1899) —
also known as Ira S. Hazeltine —
of Richland Center, Richland
County, Wis.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Andover, Windsor
County, Vt., July 13,
1821.
Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1881-83; defeated
(Greenback), 1876 (6th District), 1882 (13th District), 1884 (13th
District).
English
ancestry.
Died near Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., January
13, 1899 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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William Hebard (1800-1875) —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., November
29, 1800.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1835, 1840-42, 1858-59, 1864-65,
1872; member of Vermont
state senate, 1836-38; probate judge in Vermont, 1838-41; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1849-53; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1860.
Died in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., October
20, 1875 (age 74 years, 325
days).
Interment at Randolph
Center Cemetery, Randolph Center, Randolph, Vt.
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Arthur Hathaway Hewitt (1858-1929) —
of Sutter
County, Calif.
Born in Vermont, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1907-12; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1911-12.
Protestant.
Died in 1929
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ellery Albee Hibbard (1826-1903) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., July 31,
1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1864;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1871-73; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1873-74; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889.
Died July 24,
1903 (age 76 years, 358
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Henry Wayland Hill (1853-1929) —
also known as Henry W. Hill —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Isle La Motte, Grand Isle
County, Vt., November
13, 1853.
School
principal; lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 31st District, 1894;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1896-1900; member
of New
York state senate, 1901-10 (47th District 1901-06, 48th District
1907-10).
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died December
6, 1929 (age 76 years, 23
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Swanton, Vt.
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John A. M. Hinsman (b. 1911) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March
22, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1943-47.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Hitchcock (1792-1839) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., September
11, 1792.
Lawyer; secretary
of Alabama Territory, 1818-19; Alabama
state attorney general, 1819; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1825-30.
Presbyterian.
Died, in a yellow
fever epidemic, in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August
11, 1839 (age 46 years, 334
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Samuel Hitchcock (1755-1813) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March
23, 1755.
Lawyer; Chittenden
County State's Attorney, 1787-90; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1789; Vermont
state attorney general, 1790-93; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1791; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
20, 1813 (age 58 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Avenue Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Philip Henderson Hoff (1924-2018) —
also known as Philip H. Hoff —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., June 29,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
Vermont, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1970; member of Vermont
state senate, 1983-88.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died, at The Residence at Shelburne Bay assisted
living facility, in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., April
26, 2018 (age 93 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles P. Hogan (b. 1843) —
of Sheldon, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Ireland,
August
27, 1843.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate from Franklin County, 1882.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Henry Holden (1872-1942) —
also known as Edward H. Holden —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., April 7,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; municipal judge in Vermont, 1908-18; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1925; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1927.
Episcopalian.
Died, from mediastinal
carcinoma, in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., December
21, 1942 (age 70 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick William Holden (b. 1858) —
also known as Frederick W. Holden —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in White River Junction, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., July 28,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1889-90; member of Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1891-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Elias Bellows Holmes (1807-1866) —
also known as Elias B. Holmes —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Fletcher, Franklin
County, Vt., May 22,
1807.
Lawyer; canal boat
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1845-49; railroad
promoter.
Died in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 31,
1866 (age 59 years, 70
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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James Campbell Hopkins (1819-1877) —
also known as James C. Hopkins —
of Granville, Washington
County, N.Y.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Pawlet, Rutland
County, Vt., April
27, 1819.
Lawyer; postmaster at Granville,
N.Y., 1850-55; member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1854-55; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1870-77;
died in office 1877.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., September
3, 1877 (age 58 years, 129
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Valentine Baxter Horton (1802-1888) —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., January
29, 1802.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Meigs County,
1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1855-59, 1861-63;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856,
1860,
1868
(alternate).
Died in Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio, January
14, 1888 (age 85 years, 350
days).
Interment at Beech
Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio.
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George W. Houghton —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Vermont.
Lawyer; Buffalo superior court judge, 1854-56.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo
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Jacob Merritt Howard (1805-1871) —
also known as Jacob M. Howard —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt., July 10,
1805.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1841-43; defeated (Whig),
1843; Michigan
state attorney general, 1855-60; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1862-71.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 2,
1871 (age 65 years, 266
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Walter E. Howard (b. 1849) —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Tunbridge, Orange
County, Vt., May 29,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1882; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Fair Haven, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Washington Irving Howard (1831-1899) —
of Steuben
County, Ind.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Jamaica, Windham
County, Vt., May 7,
1831.
Republican. Lawyer; hardware
dealer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1873; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1887; defeated, 1856.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Spencer, Owen
County, Ind., 1899
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Howe (1774-1828) —
of Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
4, 1774.
Lawyer; probate judge in Vermont, 1810; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1810.
Died November
19, 1828 (age 54 years, 289
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Morton Denison Hull (1867-1937) —
also known as Morton D. Hull —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1906-14; member of Illinois
state senate, 1915-21; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1916;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 5th District,
1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1923-33.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., August
20, 1937 (age 70 years, 219
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at First
Unitarian Church, Chicago, Ill.
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Edmund Goodrich Hunt (b. 1837) —
also known as Edmund G. Hunt —
of New Haven, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Belmont, Allegany
County, N.Y., May 6,
1837.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1910.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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Hiram Augustus Huse (1843-1902) —
also known as Hiram A. Huse —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., January
17, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Montpelier, 1878; Washington
County State's Attorney, 1882-83.
Episcopalian.
Died in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., September
23, 1902 (age 59 years, 249
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
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Henry Clay Ide (1844-1921) —
also known as Henry C. Ide —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., September
18, 1844.
Republican. Milling
business; merchant;
banker;
lawyer; Caledonia
County State's Attorney, 1876-78; member of Vermont
state senate from Caledonia County, 1882-85; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1888;
chief justice of Samoa, 1893-97; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1905-06; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1909-13.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., June 12,
1921 (age 76 years, 267
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Henry Fisk Janes (1792-1879) —
of Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
10, 1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; postmaster;
member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1830-34; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 5th District, 1834-37; Vermont
state treasurer, 1838-41; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1854-55, 1861-62.
Died in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., June 6,
1879 (age 86 years, 239
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Waterbury, Vt.
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James Merrill Jeffords (1934-2014) —
also known as James M. Jeffords —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.; Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1934.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate, 1967-68; Vermont
state attorney general, 1969-73; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1972; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1975-89; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1989-.
Congregationalist.
Died August
18, 2014 (age 80 years, 99
days).
Interment at Northam Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Vt.
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Harvey Hull Johnson (1808-1896) —
also known as Harvey H. Johnson —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio; Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Winona, Winona
County, Minn.; Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., September
7, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Akron,
Ohio, 1837-45; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1853-55; president,
Winona & St. Peter Railroad;
mayor
of Owatonna, Minn., 1867-70.
Died in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
4, 1896 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Minn.
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Jesse Johnson (1842-1918) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Orford, Grafton
County, N.H.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., February
20, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1889-94; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1897-98; defeated, 1883.
Died, in the St. George Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1918 (age 76 years, 253
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William E. Johnson (b. 1841) —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., June 26,
1841.
Republican. Lawyer; Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1872-74; member of Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Herbert Joyce (1830-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Joyce —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Wherwell, Hampshire, England,
January
30, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; Washington
County District Attorney, 1857-58; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1869-71; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1875-83.
English
ancestry.
Died in Pittsfield, Rutland
County, Vt., November
22, 1916 (age 86 years, 297
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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