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See also
Gorham
L. Boynton —
Ernest
Harold Cluett —
Durward
Gorham Hall —
John
Abner Mead —
John
Gorham Palfrey —
Gorham
Parks —
William
Gorham Rice —
Gifford
Simeon Robinson |
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Gorham, Benjamin
(1775-1855) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., February
13, 1775.
Son of Nathaniel Gorham.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1814-18, 1841; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1819-21, 1823; resigned 1821; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1820-23, 1827-31,
1833-35.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
27, 1855 (age 80 years, 226
days).
Interment at Phipps
Street Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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Gorham, Brad —
of Foster, Providence
County, R.I.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Gorham, Charles B. —
of Burlington, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1896-97.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham, Charles T.
(1812-1901) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1812.
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1870-75.
Died in 1901
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham, Daniel J. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 25th District, 1982.
Still living as of 1982.
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Gorham, George Congdon
(1832-1909) —
also known as George C. Gorham —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 5,
1832.
Newspaper
editor; Union candidate for Governor of
California, 1867; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1868-.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1909 (age 76 years, 221
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Gorham, George S. —
of Otsego
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1844.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham, H. Wesley —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Candidate for mayor of
Norwalk, Conn., 1949.
Still living as of 1949.
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Gorham, John Warren —
of Massachusetts.
U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1856-60.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham, Joseph Patrick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Gorham, Josiah —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1824, 1833.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham, Mark J. —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 7th
Ward, 1938.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham, Meeker —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 1st District, 1854.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham, Nathaniel
(1738-1796) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1738.
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80, 1788;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1780-81; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1781-87; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1782-83, 1785-87;
state court judge in Massachusetts, 1785-96; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Congregationalist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1796 (age 58 years, 15
days).
Interment at Phipps
Street Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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Gorham, Nicholas —
of Coventry, Kent
County, R.I.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives 40th District; elected
2002; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island,
2008.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2008.
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Gorham, R. P. —
of Montana.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham, Terry M. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1990.
Still living as of 1990.
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Wesley See H. Wesley
Gorham |
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