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Carl Richard Ajello (b. 1932) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn., August
22, 1932.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1963-75; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1975-83.
Catholic.
Member, American Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1983.
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Hugh Mead Alcorn (1872-1955) —
also known as Hugh M. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
24, 1872.
Son of Hugh Glen Alcorn and Susan (Ford) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1903-05; Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1908-42; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1920,
1936;
candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American Judicature Society; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 26,
1955 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Anthony Farpaya Arpaia (1897-1978) —
also known as Anthony F. Arpaia —
of Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
17, 1897.
Son of Vincent Arpaia and Carolyn (de Rubbe) Arpaia.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1952-60.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Phi Delta.
Died in June, 1978
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Son of Lucian Earl Baldwin and Sarah Emily (Tyler) Baldwin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Elks; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Warren Booth Burrows (1877-1952) —
also known as Warren B. Burrows —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.; Poquonock Bridge, Groton, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Poquonock Bridge, Groton, New London
County, Conn., September
14, 1877.
Son of Calvin Burrows and Lucy Agnes (Booth) Burrows.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1925-26; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1927-28; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1928-30; resigned 1930; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1931-35; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Poquonock Bridge, Groton, New London
County, Conn., December
8, 1952 (age 75 years, 85
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Poquonock Bridge, Groton, Conn.
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Charles Edward Clark (1889-1963) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn., December
9, 1889.
Son of Samuel Orman Clark and Pauline C. (Marquard) Clark.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1917-18; law
professor; dean, Yale Law School, 1929; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-63; died in
office 1963.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died December
13, 1963 (age 74 years, 4
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Homer Stillé Cummings (1870-1956) —
also known as Homer S. Cummings —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 30,
1870.
Son of Uriah C. Cummings and Audie Schuyler (Stillé) Cummings.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1900,
1904,
1920
(alternate), 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1900-25; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1919-20; mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1900-02, 1904-06; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1902; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1913-19; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1916; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1933-39; Presidential Elector for Connecticut,
1940,
1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died September
10, 1956 (age 86 years, 133
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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T. F. Gilroy Daly (1931-1996) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
25, 1931.
U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1977-96; died in office 1996.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died of melanoma,
July
11, 1996 (age 65 years, 137
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Anthony Danaher (1899-1990) —
also known as John A. Danaher —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., January
9, 1899.
Son of Cornelius J. Danaher and Ellen (Ryan) Danaher.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1939-45; defeated, 1944; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1953-.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Grange; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died September
22, 1990 (age 91 years, 256
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Adrian William Maher (1902-1985) —
also known as Adrian W. Maher —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
5, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; Connecticut
Democratic state chair, 1944-45; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1945-53.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died April 15,
1985 (age 82 years, 192
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.
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Thomas Joseph Meskill (1928-2007) —
also known as Thomas J. Meskill; "Tough
Tom" —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., January
30, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1962-64; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1967-71; defeated,
1964; Governor of
Connecticut, 1971-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1972
(delegation chair); Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1975-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Bethesda Memorial Hospital,
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., October
29, 2007 (age 79 years, 272
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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MacNeil Mitchell (1905-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1938-46 (New York County 10th District 1938-44,
New York County 1st District 1945-46); member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1947-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died of pneumonia
at New
York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1996 (age 91 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salisbury
Cemetery, Salisbury, Conn.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 7,
1907.
Son of Herman P. Rankin and Lois (Gable) Rankin.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General,
1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City
Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 28,
1996 (age 88 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Joseph Smith (1904-1980) —
also known as J. Joseph Smith —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.; Prospect, New Haven
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
25, 1904.
Son of James Emile Smith and Margaret Loretta (Dunn) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1935-41; resigned
1941; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1941-60; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1960-71.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Elks; Eagles; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., February
16, 1980 (age 76 years, 22
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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