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Politicians in Public Utilities in Vermont
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  Frank N. Carpenter (b. 1857) — of Northfield, Washington County, Vt. Born in Northfield, Washington County, Vt., December 18, 1857. Republican. Water works superintendent; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Northfield, 1910. Universalist. Burial location unknown.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Jefferson Deavitt and Carrie E. (Harrington) Deavitt; married, December 25, 1902, to Mary Tromblee.
  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.
  Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson
  Relatives: Son of William Deavitt and Chestina (Preston) Deavitt; married 1870 to Carrie E. Harrington; father of Edward Harrington Deavitt.
  Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) — Born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., August 1, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S. Secretary of War, 1881-85; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1889-93; president (1897-1911) and chairman (1911-26) of the Pullman Palace Car Company, makers of railroad cars; part owner of Chicago Edison Company electric utility. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Manchester, Bennington County, Vt., July 25, 1926 (age 82 years, 358 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln; married, September 24, 1868, to Mary Eunice Harlan (daughter of James Harlan); nephew of Emily Todd Helm; great-grandnephew of David Rittenhouse Porter, George Bryan Porter and James Madison Porter; first cousin of Martha Dee Todd; second cousin once removed of Arthur Rumney Ringwalt; second cousin five times removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; third cousin thrice removed of Levi Lincoln.
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Jackson-Lee family; Lincoln-Lee family; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Robert T. Lincoln: Jason Emerson, Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln
Harold W. Mason Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) — also known as Harold W. Mason — of Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., April 21, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital; director for power companies, insurance companies, the Central Vermont Railway, and the Estey Organ Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932; Convention Secretary, 1940, 1944; secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940; speaker, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of Republican National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary of Republican National Committee, 1937-44. Member, American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Union League; Sigma Nu. Died, from a heart attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196 days). Interment at Morningside Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason; married, March 17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Official Report of the 22nd Republican National Convention (1940)
  Charles Otis Nason (1828-1903) — also known as Charles O. Nason — of Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Hartford, Windsor County, Vt., September 20, 1828. Republican. Superintendent of wood department, John Deere Co. Plow Works; director and treasurer, Moline Plow Works; treasurer, People's Power Company; mayor of Moline, Ill., 1887-89. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., December 7, 1903 (age 75 years, 78 days). Interment at Pleasant Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Horace Nason and Mary (Lamb) Nason; married, August 7, 1849, to Charlotte A. Johnston; nephew of Demarias Lamb (who married John Deere (1804-1886)) and Lucenia Lamb (who married John Deere (1804-1886)); second cousin twice removed of Nathan Read; third cousin twice removed of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham and Samuel Finley Vinton; fourth cousin of John Hill Walbridge and Henry E. Walbridge; fourth cousin once removed of James Phineas Upham and Charles Kirk Tilden.
  Political families: Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Upham family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Hamilton Peabody (1852-1917) — also known as James H. Peabody — of Canon City, Fremont County, Colo. Born in Topsham, Orange County, Vt., August 21, 1852. Republican. Merchant; Fremont County Clerk, 1885-89; president, First National Bank; president, Electric Light Company of Canon City; mayor of Canon City; Governor of Colorado, 1903-05, 1905; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1904. Episcopalian. Died November 23, 1917 (age 65 years, 94 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Canon City, Colo.
  Relatives: Married to Frances L. Clelland.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  John William Sheehey (b. 1886) — also known as John W. Sheehey — of Fairfax, Franklin County, Vt. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., April 17, 1886. Democrat. Electrical power station operator; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Fairfax, 1910. Catholic. Burial location unknown.
  William Wells (b. 1837) — of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Waterbury, Washington County, Vt., December 14, 1837. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1865-66; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1872-85; member of Vermont state senate from Chittenden County, 1886; president, Burlington Savings Bank; director, Rutland Railroad Company; director, Burlington Gas-Light Company. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
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