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Edwin Robinson Allen (b. 1840) —
also known as Edwin R. Allen —
of Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., November
26, 1840.
Son of Edwin Allen and Ruth B. (Noyes) Allen.
Republican. Merchant;
town clerk, Hopkinton, R.I., from 1867; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1894-97.
Baptist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Hope Valley, Hopkinton, R.I.
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Robert Palmer Anderson (1906-1978) —
of Noank, Groton, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Noank, Groton, New London
County, Conn., March 27,
1906.
Son of Arthur Pickett Anderson and Jessie Palmer (Ashby) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1947-48; defeated, 1940; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1953-54; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1954-64; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1964-71; took senior
status 1971.
Baptist. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Elks.
Died May 2,
1978 (age 72 years, 36
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1894-1985) —
also known as H. Malcolm Baldrige —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., June 23,
1894.
Son of Howard
Hammond Baldrige and Letitia Blanche (Coffey) Baldrige.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1931-33; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Psi
Upsilon; Kiwanis.
Died in Southbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
19, 1985 (age 90 years, 210
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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James J. Barbour (b. 1869) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
28, 1869.
Son of Rev. Heman H. Barbour and Frances Emma Barbour.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 6th District, 1917-37; defeated, 1936; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1922.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucius Brown (b. 1846) —
of Preston, New London
County, Conn.; Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Griswold, New London
County, Conn., May 5,
1846.
Son of Daniel Brown and Mary (Stanton) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 1872, 1877-78, 1897; municipal judge
in Connecticut, 1894-1913.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Clifford Brown (1890-1936) —
also known as Walter C. Brown —
of Warrenville, Ashford, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn., September
28, 1890.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ashford, 1921; defeated,
1918; member of Connecticut
state senate 28th District, 1929-31.
Baptist. Member, Exchange
Club; Grange.
Died, in the Windham Community Community Memorial Hospital,
Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn., June 25,
1936 (age 45 years, 271
days).
Interment at Warrenville
Cemetery, Warrenville, Ashford, 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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George Potter Darrow (1859-1943) —
also known as George P. Darrow —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Waterford, New London
County, Conn., February
4, 1859.
Son of Edmund Darrow and Elizabeth (Potter) Darrow.
Republican. Member, board of managers, Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Germantown; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-37, 1939-41 (6th District
1915-23, 7th District 1923-37, 1939-41).
Baptist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 7,
1943 (age 84 years, 123
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Mausoleum, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Abram Ferris (1786-1857) —
of Indiana.
Born in Connecticut, August
20, 1786.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1837-38; defeated, 1838.
Baptist.
Died near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
8, 1857 (age 71 years, 49
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ezra Ferris (1783-1857) —
of Dearborn
County, Ind.
Born in Stanwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 26,
1783.
Member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1816-19; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1820-22, 1826-27, 1830-31;
defeated, 1831; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1822.
Baptist.
Died in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., April 19,
1857 (age 73 years, 358
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gary A. Franks (b. 1953) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., February
9, 1953.
Republican. Candidate for Connecticut
state comptroller, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1991-97; defeated,
1996; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1998.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gordon John Humphrey (b. 1940) —
also known as Gordon J. Humphrey —
of Chichester, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., October
9, 1940.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1979-90; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1988.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Matthew Turner Newton (b. 1829) —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., June 4,
1829.
Son of Israel Newton and Harriet (Turner) Newton.
Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1853, 1893; served in the Union
Army during the Civil War; president, Suffield Savings Bank.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Loyal
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Son of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington (divorced 1945); married, August 1,
1945, to Hazel Scott (divorced 1960); married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
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John Quillin Tilson (1866-1958) —
also known as John Q. Tilson —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Clear Branch, Washington
County, Tenn., April 5,
1866.
Son of William E. Tilson (born 1827) and Katharine (Sams) Tilson
(born 1831).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1905-08; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1909-13, 1915-33 (at-large
1909-13, 3rd District 1915-33); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
Baptist. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
14, 1958 (age 92 years, 131
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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