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George W. Alger (1872-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
12, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930 (Republican), 1932
(Independent); labor arbitrator; impartial chairman of garment
industry labor relations, 1931-35; state commissioner to
investigate mortgage guarantee companies in 1930s; special master
directing reorganization of the R.K.O. movie
company, 1937 member and chair of Motion
Picture Appeal Board, 1941 member, President's Loyalty Review
Board after World War II.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1967 (age 94 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles J. Alger and Harriot (Murdoch) Alger; married, August
20, 1903, to Grace E. Drew. |
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Robert Shillingford Babcock (1915-1985) —
also known as Robert S. Babcock —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 22,
1915.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; member of Vermont
state senate, 1951-54, 1957-58; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1959-61; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1960; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1977-81.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association.
Died in Yuma, Yuma
County, Ariz., September
1, 1985 (age 70 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Consuelo Northrop Bailey (1899-1976) —
also known as Consuelo N. Bailey; Consuelo Bentina
Northrop —
of South Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
10, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer; Chittenden
County State's Attorney, 1927-30; member of Vermont
state senate, 1931-33; member of Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-76; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1944;
member, Platform Committee, 1944;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1948;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1951-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1955-57; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Vermont.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa
Beta Pi; Zonta; Grange.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., September
9, 1976 (age 76 years, 335
days).
Interment at Sheldon
Cemetery, Sheldon, Vt.
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Guy Winfred Bailey (b. 1876) —
also known as Guy W. Bailey —
of Essex Junction, Essex, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., May 7,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1904-08; secretary
of state of Vermont, 1908-17; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
President,
University of Vermont.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Winthrop Bailey and Laura (Cahill) Bailey; married, December
22, 1904, to Mabel G. Brigham. |
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George Washington Batchelder (1826-1910) —
also known as George W. Batchelder —
of Faribault, Rice
County, Minn.
Born in Vermont, February
18, 1826.
Lawyer;
merchant;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1869-70, 1872-73 (8th District 1869-70, 18th
District 1872-73); mayor
of Faribault, Minn., 1880-81.
English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died January
9, 1910 (age 83 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Faribault, Minn.
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Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) —
also known as S. G. W. Benjamin —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born, of American parents, at Argos, Greece,
February
13, 1837.
Librarian;
author;
artist;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, as of 1883-85.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi Beta Kappa; American
Forestry Association; Navy
League.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., July 19,
1914 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Elbert Sidney Brigham (1877-1962) —
also known as Elbert S. Brigham —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., October
19, 1877.
Republican. Banker; insurance
executive; Vermont commissioner of agriculture, 1913-24; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1925-31; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., July 5,
1962 (age 84 years, 259
days).
Interment at St.
Albans Bay Cemetery, St. Albans, Vt.
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Walter Henry Cleary (b. 1887) —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
17, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
superior court judge in Vermont, 1934-48; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cleary and Mary Louise (McArthur) Cleary; married, November
28, 1917, to Arlene Mary Decoteau. |
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Edwin Buxton Clift (b. 1868) —
also known as Edwin B. Clift —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt., May 25,
1868.
Democrat. Physician;
candidate for Vermont
state house of representatives, 1902; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1906; candidate for Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1922.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Delta
Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Crocker Josiah Clift and Mary Jane (Buxton) Clift; married, September
20, 1890, to Louise H. Edgerton. |
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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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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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Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
10, 1791.
Lawyer;
secretary to Gov. Cornelius
P. Van Ness, 1823-26, and Gov. Ezra
Butler, 1826-28; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1829-41; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1833, 1840; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1843; Democratic
candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1843, 1844, 1845; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1845-50; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Vermont; member of Vermont
state senate, 1865-66.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., May 10,
1875 (age 84 years, 89
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Kellogg (1752-1826) and Mary or Mercy (Eastman) Kellogg;
married, May 23,
1820, to Jane McAfee; married, February
2, 1830, to Merab Ann Bradley (daughter of William
Czar Bradley; granddaughter of Stephen
Row Bradley and Mark
Richards); married, June 30,
1847, to Miranda Metcalf Aldis; father of George
Bradley Kellogg and Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918); first cousin twice removed of Edward
Stanley Kellogg; second cousin of Luther
Walter Badger; second cousin once removed of John
Allen and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of John
William Allen, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Jason
Kellogg, Eli
Elmer, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Stephen
Wright Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821), Harvey
Gridley Eastman, George
Eastman, Clement
Phineas Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Dwight
Palmer Griswold; fourth cousin of Amaziah
Brainard, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, John
Calhoun Lewis, George
Smith Catlin, Ira
Allen Eastman, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Henry
Gould Lewis; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah
Boardman, William
Bostwick, Daniel
Warner Bostwick, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878), Anthony
Colby, Chester
William Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Orlando
Kellogg, Benjamin
C. Eastman, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Henry
Ward Beecher, Philemon
Bliss, William
Dean Kellogg, James
Rood Doolittle, Russell
Sage, Charles
H. Eastman, Joseph
H. Elmer, Leveret
Brainard, William
Chapman Williston, William
Pitt Kellogg, Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, George
Frederick Stone, Selah
Merrill, Robert
Cleveland Usher and Allen
Jacob Holcomb. |
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family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lyman Enos Knapp (1837-1904) —
also known as Lyman E. Knapp —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Somerset, Windham
County, Vt., November
5, 1837.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
probate judge in Vermont, 1879-82; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1884-85; Governor
of Alaska District, 1889-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
9, 1904 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Edwin Winship Lawrence (b. 1881) —
also known as Edwin W. Lawrence —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March
27, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
general attorney, Rutland Railroad;
member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1923-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Edwin Lawrence and Katherine C. (Phalen) Lawrence; married,
October
10, 1904, to Florence Roby. |
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Richard Walker Mallary (1929-2011) —
also known as Richard W. Mallary —
of Fairlee, Orange
County, Vt.; Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., February
21, 1929.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-68; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1966-68; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1968;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1969-70; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1972-75; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1974.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt., September
27, 2011 (age 82 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Everett Pingree (1832-1922) —
also known as Samuel E. Pingree —
of Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salisbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
2, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868;
Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1882-84; Governor of
Vermont, 1884-86; received the Medal
of Honor in 1891 for action at Lee's Mills, Virginia, April 16,
1862.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died June 1,
1922 (age 89 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hartford
Cemetery, Hartford, Vt.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Phi Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August
7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Barbara Weil Snelling (1928-2015) —
also known as Barbara W. Snelling; Barbara T.
Weil —
of Vermont.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., March
22, 1928.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1993-96.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in South Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
2, 2015 (age 87 years, 225
days).
Interment at Shelburne
Village Cemetery, Shelburne, Vt.
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