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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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Epaphroditus Ransom (1798-1859) —
of Vermont; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Shelburne Falls, Shelburne, Franklin
County, Mass., March
24, 1798.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1830; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1836-48; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1843-48; Governor of
Michigan, 1848-50; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1850-51; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1853-54.
Died in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., November
9, 1859 (age 61 years, 230
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Ossian Ray (1835-1892) —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
13, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; Coos
County Solicitor, 1862-72; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1868-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1872;
U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1879-80; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1881-85 (3rd District 1881-83,
2nd District 1883-85).
Died in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., January
28, 1892 (age 56 years, 46
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Ray and Hannah (Greene) Ray; married, March 2,
1856, to Alice A. Fling; married, October
16, 1872, to Sally Emery (Small) Burnside; grandfather of Ossian
Edward Ray; first cousin five times removed of William
Greene; second cousin once removed of Clement
Phineas Kellogg; second cousin four times removed of William
Greene Jr.; third cousin once removed of Joel
Burlingame; third cousin twice removed of Albert
Collins Greene; third cousin thrice removed of Ray
Greene; fourth cousin of Anson
Burlingame; fourth cousin once removed of George
Washington Greene, Andrew
Clark Lippitt, Henry
Lippitt, William
Maxwell Greene, Dennison
Franklin Holden and James
Montgomery Burlingame. |
| | 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 — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Almon Heath Read (1790-1844) —
also known as Almon H. Read —
of Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., June 12,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1827-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 11th District, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1842-44 (17th District 1842-43,
12th District 1843-44); died in office 1844.
Died in Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa., June 3,
1844 (age 53 years, 357
days).
Interment at Montrose
Cemetery, Montrose, Pa.
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Daniel C. Remick (b. 1852) —
of Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., January
15, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1901-02; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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James Waldron Remick (b. 1860) —
also known as James W. Remick —
of Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., October
30, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1890-94; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1901-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Sam E. Richardson (b. 1884) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Waterford, Caledonia
County, Vt., May 13,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1931-32; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1944;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Vermont, 1946-51.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Rowland (b. 1854) —
of Poultney, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., December
5, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Poultney, 1884, 1886, 1900,
1910; Rutland
County State's Attorney, 1896-98; member of Vermont
state senate, 1904.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Homer Elihu Royce (1819-1891) —
also known as Homer E. Royce —
of Vermont.
Born in East Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., June 14,
1819.
Lawyer; Franklin
County State's Attorney, 1846-47; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1847; member of Vermont
state senate, 1849-51, 1861, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1857-61; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1870-82; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1882-90.
Died in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., April
24, 1891 (age 71 years, 314
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, East Berkshire, Berkshire, Vt.
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Albert W. Sanborn (b. 1853) —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis.
Born in Swanton, Franklin
County, Vt., January
17, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; Portage
County District Attorney; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1885; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1888,
1912;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 12th District, 1905-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Jonah Sanford (1790-1867) —
of Hopkinton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Cornwall, Addison
County, Vt., November
30, 1790.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1830-31; common pleas
court judge in New York, 1831-37; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Hopkinton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., December
25, 1867 (age 77 years, 25
days).
Interment at Hopkinton
Cemetery, Hopkinton, N.Y.
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John Garibaldi Sargent (1860-1939) —
also known as John G. Sargent —
of Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt., October
13, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1898-1900; Vermont
secretary of civil and military affairs, 1900-02; Vermont
state attorney general, 1908-12; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1925-29.
Universalist.
Member, Zeta
Psi.
Died in Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt., March 5,
1939 (age 78 years, 143
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Ludlow, Vt.
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Albert Russell Savage (1847-1917) —
also known as Albert R. Savage —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Ryegate, Caledonia
County, Vt., December
8, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Maine, 1885-89; mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1889-92; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1893; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1897-1913; appointed 1897; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1913-17; died in office
1917.
Died June 13,
1917 (age 69 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Wesley Savage and Eliza McLaren (Clough) Savage; married,
August
17, 1871, to Ellen Hannah 'Nellie' Hale. |
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Walter Loomis Sessions (1820-1896) —
also known as Walter L. Sessions —
of Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Brandon, Rutland
County, Vt., October
4, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1853-54;
member of New York
state senate, 1860-61, 1866-67; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75, 1885-87 (31st District
1871-73, 32nd District 1873-75, 34th District 1885-87); defeated,
1874.
Died in Panama, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., May 27,
1896 (age 75 years, 236
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Panama, N.Y.
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Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 31,
1778.
Whig. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1809-14; Addison
County State's Attorney, 1810-13, 1815-19; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1821-33; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1836; probate judge in Vermont, 1847-56.
Died in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., November
21, 1857 (age 79 years, 174
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses
Seymour and Molly (Marsh) Seymour; brother of Henry
Seymour; married 1800 to Lucy
Case; uncle of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886) and George
Seymour; grandfather of Emma Seymour Battell (who married John
Wolcott Stewart) and Joseph
Battell; granduncle of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Morris
Woodruff Seymour and Horatio
Seymour Jr.; first cousin once removed of McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Seymour and Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; second cousin twice removed of William
Pitkin, Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Orlo
Erland Wadhams; second cousin four times removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; third cousin once removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin, David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; fourth cousin of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Ela
Collins; fourth cousin once removed of Farrand
Fassett Merrill, William
Collins, John
Robert Graham Pitkin and William
Sheffield Cowles. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Julius Hubbell Seymour (b. 1855) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., October
30, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1901-02.
Member, Union
League; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Erasmus D. Shattuck (b. 1824) —
of Washington
County, Ore.
Born in Vermont, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Washington County,
1857; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1862; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1862-68, 1874-78; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1866-68.
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie Mortier Shaw (1848-1932) —
also known as Leslie M. Shaw —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa.
Born in Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt., November
2, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Governor of
Iowa, 1898-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1900;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1902-07; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1932 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Denison, Iowa.
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David K. Simonds (b. 1839) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Peru, Bennington
County, Vt., 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; postmaster;
newspaper
editor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Manchester, 1886; member of
Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Skinner (1778-1833) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 30,
1778.
Democrat. Lawyer; Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1801-13; probate judge in Vermont,
1805-13; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1813-15; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1815-16; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1823-28; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1818; Governor of
Vermont, 1820-23.
Injured when he fell from
a horse-drawn
carriage, and died soon after, in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., May 23,
1833 (age 54 years, 358
days).
Interment at Dellwood
Cemetery, Manchester, Vt.
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Bradley Barlow Smalley (1835-1909) —
also known as Bradley B. Smalley —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Jericho, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
26, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; clerk, U.S. District Court for Vermont,
1861-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1872,
1876
(speaker),
1880;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1874, 1878;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Vermont, 1876-80; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1885-88.
Episcopalian.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, November
6, 1909 (age 73 years, 345
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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David Allen Smalley (1809-1877) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., April 6,
1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1843-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Vermont, 1852,
1856;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853-57; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1856-60; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1857-77; died in office 1877.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
10, 1877 (age 67 years, 338
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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Felix Octavius Willoughby Smith (1872-1920) —
also known as Felix W. Smith —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
June
25, 1872.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Catania, 1909-10; Warsaw, 1910; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1910-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1911; U.S. Consul in Aden, as of 1914; Batum, as of 1916.
Died January
11, 1920 (age 47 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Boardman Smith (1826-1888) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., August
18, 1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Chemung
County Judge, 1859-60; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75 (27th District 1871-73,
28th District 1873-75); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1883-88; resigned 1888.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
26, 1888 (age 62 years, 130
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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James Murdock Smith (1816-1899) —
also known as James M. Smith —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Poultney, Rutland
County, Vt., August
23, 1816.
Lawyer; Buffalo superior court judge, 1873-86; appointed 1873.
Episcopalian.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
27, 1899 (age 83 years, 96
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Harvey Douglass Smith and Harriet (Murdock) Smith. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: Pictorial History of the
Superior Court of Buffalo (1886) |
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Levi Pease Smith (b. 1885) —
also known as Levi P. Smith —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1923; member of
Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1925-27.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Burleigh Folsom Spalding (1853-1934) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born near Craftsbury, Orleans
County, Vt., December
3, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Cass County,
1889; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1899-1901, 1903-05; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1907; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1924,
1928
(alternate), 1932.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., March
17, 1934 (age 80 years, 104
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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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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Zed S. Stanton (b. 1848) —
of Roxbury, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Roxbury, Washington
County, Vt., May 1,
1848.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1884-86; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1902-04.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry R. Start (b. 1845) —
Born in Bakersfield, Franklin
County, Vt., December
28, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Franklin
County State's Attorney, 1876-78; member of Vermont
state senate from Franklin County, 1880; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1890.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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John Loomis Stevens (1850-1933) —
also known as John L. Stevens —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa; Boone, Boone
County, Iowa.
Born in Northfield, Washington
County, Vt., May 29,
1850.
Lawyer; district attorney 11th District, 1879-86; promoter of
early telephone
companies; organizer, Boone Brick and
Tile Paving
Company; district judge in Iowa 11th District, 1887-92; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1900,
1912;
delegate to Progressive National Convention from Iowa, 1912;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Iowa, October
23, 1933 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Ames
Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Loomis Stevens and Harriet E. (Tucker) Stevens; married, August
10, 1876, to Rowena Estelle Edson. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 4,
1792.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1833-35, 1837, 1841; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District
1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856
(speaker),
1860.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
11, 1868 (age 76 years, 129
days).
Interment at Shreiner-Concord
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Wolcott Stewart (1825-1915) —
also known as John W. Stewart —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., November
24, 1825.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Middlebury, 1856-57, 1864-67,
1876; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1865-67, 1876;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1860;
member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1861-62; Governor of
Vermont, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1883-91; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1908.
Congregationalist.
Died in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., October
29, 1915 (age 89 years, 339
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
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William Wallace Stickney (1853-1932) —
of Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Plymouth, Windsor
County, Vt., March
21, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1882-84, 1890-92; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1893-96; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1893-96; Governor of
Vermont, 1900-02; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1924.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
15, 1932 (age 79 years, 269
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Ludlow, Vt.; cenotaph at Tyson-Pollard Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
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Edgar W. Stoddard (b. 1846) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Grafton, Windham
County, Vt., June 20,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1878-80; member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1886.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Addison G. Stone (b. 1849) —
of Wallingford, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., March
16, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Wallingford, 1894, 1910.
Universalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Sherwin Streeter (1853-1922) —
also known as Frank S. Streeter —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in East Charleston, Charleston, Orleans
County, Vt., August
5, 1853.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1904; general counsel,
Concord & Montreal Railroad.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
11, 1922 (age 69 years, 128
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Luman M. Strong (1803-1867) —
of Marion, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Orange
County, Vt., October
24, 1803.
Lawyer; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1844;
member of Wisconsin state legislature, 1850; county judge in
Wisconsin, 1860.
Died in Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis., December
4, 1867 (age 64 years, 41
days).
Interment at Eastside
Cemetery, Dodgeville, Wis.
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Elihu Barber Taft (1847-1929) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
25, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1888-90.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1929
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Charles Ogden Tappan (1831-1895) —
also known as Charles O. Tappan —
of Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Panton, Addison
County, Vt., April
17, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884.
Died in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., August
20, 1895 (age 64 years, 125
days).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Potsdam, N.Y.
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Horace Addison Tenney (1820-1906) —
also known as Horace A. Tenney —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Grand Isle, Grand Isle
County, Vt., February
22, 1820.
Lawyer; village
president of Madison, Wisconsin, 1853-54; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1878.
Died March
13, 1906 (age 86 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Mellen Thurston (1847-1916) —
also known as John M. Thurston —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., August
21, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer; general solicitor for Union Pacific Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1872,
1888
(Temporary
Chair), 1896
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1875-77; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Nebraska; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1895-1901; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1896; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1896.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., August
9, 1916 (age 68 years, 354
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Andrew Tracy (1797-1868) —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., October
15, 1797.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1833-37, 1843-45; member of Vermont
state senate, 1839; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Vermont; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1853-55.
Died in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., October
28, 1868 (age 71 years, 13
days).
Interment at River
Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt.
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Joel Turrill (1794-1859) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Shoreham, Addison
County, Vt., February
22, 1794.
Lawyer; county judge in New York, 1828-33; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1831; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1833-37; Oswego
County District Attorney, 1838-40; Oswego
County Surrogate, 1843; U.S. Consul in Honolulu, 1845-48.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
28, 1859 (age 65 years, 309
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Royall Tyler (1757-1826) —
also known as William Tyler —
of Vermont.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 18,
1757.
Lawyer; playwright;
justice
of Vermont state supreme court, 1801-12.
Died August
26, 1826 (age 69 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Royall Tyler and Mary (Steele) Tyler; married to Mary
Palmer. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | Image source: Unknown |
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William Upham (1792-1853) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
5, 1792.
Whig. Injured in a cider mill accident and lost a
hand; lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1827-28, 1830; Washington
County State's Attorney, 1829; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1843-53; died in office 1853.
Died, from smallpox,
at the Irving Hotel, Washington,
D.C., January
14, 1853 (age 60 years, 162
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at Green
Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
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Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) —
also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
26, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Burlington,
Vt., 1809-14; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1813; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of
Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Vermont, 1840;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1844-45.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Peter Van Ness (1808-1872) —
also known as James P. Van Ness —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1808.
Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1855-56; member of California
state senate, 1871.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., December
28, 1872 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908) —
also known as William F. Vilas —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., July 9,
1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1876,
1880,
1884;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1885; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1885-88; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1888-89; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1891-97.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., August
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 50
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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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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Seth Wakeman (1811-1880) —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Franklin
County, Vt., January
15, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; Genesee
County District Attorney, 1850-56; member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County 1st District, 1856-57; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1871-73.
Died in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., January
4, 1880 (age 68 years, 354
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Ebenezer William Walbridge (1779-1856) —
also known as Ebenezer W. Walbridge —
of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., October
28, 1779.
Lawyer; banker; paper mill
business; village
president of Lansingburgh, New York, 1809-10, 1838; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1816-17, 1819-20.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March
23, 1856 (age 76 years, 147
days).
Interment at Troy
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Henry E. Walbridge (1850-1927) —
of St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Glover, Orleans
County, Vt., March
31, 1850.
Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 19th District,
1907-08.
Died in 1927
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Mt.
Rest Cemetery, St. Johns, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Walbridge and Zilpha (Allen) Walbridge; half-brother of John
Hill Walbridge; first cousin twice removed of Nathan
Read; second cousin twice removed of Ebenezer
William Walbridge and Henry
Sanford Walbridge; third cousin once removed of John
Jay Walbridge, John
Adams Dix, David
Safford Walbridge, Hiram
Walbridge, Hiram
Augustus Huse and Charles
Kirk Tilden; third cousin twice removed of Jabez
Upham, George
Baxter Upham and Elijah
Hunt Mills; third cousin thrice removed of Timothy
Bigelow; fourth cousin of Charles
Otis Nason; fourth cousin once removed of Elisha
Hunt Allen, Gouverneur
Morris, Rufus
Heaton, Alexander
Wheelock Thayer, James
Phineas Upham, John
Ogden Bigelow and Cyrus
Packard Walbridge. |
| | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Edward Wales (1792-1860) —
of Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Westminster, Windham
County, Vt., May 13,
1792.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1822-24; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1825-29; probate judge
in Vermont, 1847-50.
Died in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., January
8, 1860 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Interment at Hartford
Cemetery, Hartford, Vt.
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Aldace Freeman Walker (1842-1901) —
also known as Aldace F. Walker —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1882; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-89; president, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa
Fe Railway,
1894-95.
Congregationalist.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
12, 1901 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Aldace Walker and Mary Ann (Baker) Walker; married to
Katharine Shaw. |
| | Epitaph: "An upright lawyer and
legislator, a faithful soldier and public officer, an able
administrator of important railway interests." |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thaddeus H. Walker (1831-1895) —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., September
12, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County 1st District, 1858;
candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1872; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1880.
Died in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., November
14, 1895 (age 64 years, 63
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871) —
also known as Henry D. Washburn —
of Clinton, Vermillion
County, Ind.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., March
28, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1866-69.
As Surveyor-General of Montana Territory in 1870, led the Washburn
Expedition into what is now Yellowstone National Park.
Died of tuberculosis,
in Clinton, Vermillion
County, Ind., January
26, 1871 (age 38 years, 304
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.
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Sterry Robinson Waterman (1901-1984) —
also known as Sterry R. Waterman —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., June 12,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Sphinx;
Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1984
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Fred L. Webster (b. 1876) —
of Swanton, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Franklin, Franklin
County, Vt., July 21,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Swanton, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Francis Welch (b. 1947) —
also known as Peter Welch —
of Hartland, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 2,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate, 1981-89, 2002-07; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 2007-; defeated in primary,
1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 2008.
Still living as of 2018.
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Hoyt H. Wheeler (b. 1833) —
of Jamaica, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., August
30, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Jamaica, 1867; member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1868-69; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1870-77; resigned 1877; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1877-.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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John Edwin Wheelock (b. 1844) —
also known as John E. Wheelock —
of Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt., May 1,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
principal; lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Milton, 1888.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Phineas White (1770-1847) —
of Pomfret, Windsor
County, Vt.; Putney, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
30, 1770.
Democrat. Lawyer; Windsor
County Register of Probate, 1800-09; Windsor
County Attorney, 1813; Windham
County Judge, 1814-17, 1820; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1814, 1836; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives, 1815-20; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Vermont
state senate, 1836-37.
Died in Putney, Windham
County, Vt., July 6,
1847 (age 76 years, 249
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Putney, Vt.
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Stephen Bradford Wiley (1929-2015) —
also known as Stephen B. Wiley —
of Morris Township, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., June 21,
1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1973-77 (District 10 1973, 23rd District
1974-77); defeated, 1977; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1985.
Died in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., October
8, 2015 (age 86 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Burton Wiley and Katharine (Pellett) Wiley. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Charles Kilborn Williams (1782-1853) —
also known as Charles K. Williams —
of Vermont.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
24, 1782.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1809-11, 1814-15, 1820-21, 1849;
major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Rutland
County State's Attorney, 1814-15; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1834-46; Governor of
Vermont, 1850-52.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March 9,
1853 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Hezekiah Williams (1798-1856) —
of Castine, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., July 28,
1798.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hancock
County Register of Probate, 1824-38; member of Maine
state senate, 1839-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 7th District, 1845-49.
Died in Castine, Hancock
County, Maine, October
23, 1856 (age 58 years, 87
days).
Interment at Castine
Cemetery, Castine, Maine.
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Stanley Calef Wilson (1879-1967) —
also known as Stanley C. Wilson —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Vt., September
10, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; Orange
County State's Attorney, 1908-12; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1915-17, 1925; superior court
judge in Vermont, 1917-23; member of Vermont
state senate from Orange County, 1927; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1929-31; Governor of
Vermont, 1931-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1936.
Universalist.
Died October
5, 1967 (age 88 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Solomon L. Withey (1820-1886) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., April
21, 1820.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1861-62; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 5th District, 1873.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., April
25, 1886 (age 66 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1845 to Marion
L. Hindsill. |
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Frederick Enoch Woodbridge (1818-1888) —
also known as Frederick E. Woodbridge —
of Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., August
29, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1849, 1857-58; Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1850-53; member of Vermont
state senate, 1860-62; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1863-69.
Died in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., April
25, 1888 (age 69 years, 240
days).
Interment at Prospect
Cemetery, Vergennes, Vt.
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Silas Wright Jr. (1795-1847) —
of Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Lawrence County Surrogate, 1821-24; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30; New York
state comptroller, 1829-34; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1844;
Governor
of New York, 1845-47; defeated, 1846.
Died in Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., August
27, 1847 (age 52 years, 95
days).
Interment at Silas
Wright Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.; memorial monument at Weybridge Town Center, Weybridge, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Wright and Eleanor (Goodale) Wright; second cousin thrice
removed of Henry
Merrill Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Ellsworth Goodell; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; fourth cousin of Morris
Woodruff, Martin
Keeler, Marshall
Chapin and William
Dean Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Theodore
Dwight, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Charles
Phelps Huntington, George
Catlin Woodruff, Stephen
Hiram Keeler, Lewis
Bartholomew Woodruff, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, William
Chapman Williston, Zenas
Ferry Moody, Charles
Edward Phelps, Arthur
Chapin and John
Wingate Weeks. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Wright counties in Minn. and Mo. are
named for him; Wright County,
Iowa may have been named for him. |
| | Wright Peak,
in the Ardirondack Mountains, Essex
County, New York, is named for
him. |
| | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until
1913. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Augustus Young (1784-1857) —
of Craftsbury, Orleans
County, Vt.; St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt., March
20, 1784.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1821-24, 1826, 1828-30, 1832; Orleans
County State's Attorney, 1824-28; probate judge in Vermont,
1830-31; member of Vermont
state senate, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1841-43.
Died in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., June 17,
1857 (age 73 years, 89
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, St. Albans, Vt.
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John Young (1802-1852) —
of Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., June 12,
1802.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1832, 1845-46; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1836-37, 1841-43; Governor of
New York, 1847-49.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
23, 1852 (age 49 years, 316
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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