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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 11,
1893.
Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of
Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Walker Bush (b. 1946) —
also known as George W. Bush; "Dubya";
"Shrub"; "The Smirking Chimp";
"The Decider" —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.; Crawford, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 6,
1946.
Son of Barbara (Pierce) Bush and George
Herbert Walker Bush.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 19th District, 1978; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988;
Governor
of Texas, 1995-2000; President
of the United States, 2001-.
Methodist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Skull and
Bones.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Prescott
Sheldon Bush; son of Barbara (Pierce) Bush and George
Herbert Walker Bush; married, November
5, 1977, to Laura Welch; cousin of Elizabeth
Walker Field; brother of John
Ellis Bush. See Bush
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by George W. Bush: A
Charge to Keep (1999) — George
W. Bush on God and Country : The President Speaks Out About Faith,
Principle, and Patriotism (2004) — We
Will Prevail: President George W. Bush on War, Terrorism and
Freedom (2003) |
| | | Books about George W. Bush: J. H.
Hatfield et al, Fortunate
Son : George W. Bush and the Making of An American
President — Roger Simon, Divided
We Stand : How Al Gore Beat George Bush and Lost the
Presidency — Frank Bruni, Ambling
into History : The Unlikely Odyssey of George W.
Bush — Bryan Laberge, George
W. Bush : In the Whirlwind — Lou Dubose et al, Boy
Genius: Karl Rove, the Brains Behind the Remarkable Political Triumph
of George W. Bush — Bill Sammon, Misunderestimated:
The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush
Haters — David Aikman, A
Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W.
Bush — Bob Woodward, Bush
at War — Bob Woodward, Plan
of Attack — Craig Unger, House
of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's
Two Most Powerful Dynasties — Stephen Mansfield, The
Faith of George W. Bush — Ronald Kessler, A
Matter of Character : Inside the White House of George W.
Bush — Paul Kengor, God
and George W. Bush : A Spiritual Life — Carolyn B.
Thompson & James W. Ware, The
Leadership Genius of George W. Bush: 10 Common Sense Lessons from the
Commander-in-Chief — Donald F. Kettl, Team
Bush : Leadership Lessons from the Bush White House —
Sandra J. Kachurek, George
W. Bush (for young readers) — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,
George
W. Bush (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about George W. Bush:
Molly Ivins, Shrub:
The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush —
David Corn, The
Lies of George W. Bush : Mastering the Politics of
Deception — Kevin Phillips, American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush — John Dean, Worse
Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W.
Bush — Kitty Kelly, The
Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty — John W.
Dean, Worse
Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W.
Bush — Ron Suskind, The
Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education
of Paul O'Neill — Robert C. Byrd, Losing
America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant
Presidency — Jack Huberman, The
Bush - Haters Handbook: A Guide to the Most Appalling Presidency of
the Past 100 Years — Ian Williams, Deserter
: George Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His
Past — Dan Piraro, The
Three Little Pigs Buy the White House |
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Edward Marvin Day (1872-1947) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., August
20, 1872.
Son of Erastus
Sheldon Day and Catherine (Olmsted) Day.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1897-99.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in 1947
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Edward J. Gavegan (b. 1863) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., April 5,
1863.
Son of Matthew Gavegan and Helen J. Gavegan.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-33.
Catholic.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1865.
Son of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original
stockholders of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson
(Goodsell) Jennings (1828-1908).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1920;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1923; director, U.S. Industrial
Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store
Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Skull and
Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original stockholders
of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson (Goodsell) Jennings
(1828-1908); married 1896 to Mary
Dows Brewster; uncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; father of Benjamin Brewster Jennings
(1898-1968; president of Socony-Vacuum, which later became Mobil
Oil); granduncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III. See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
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Everett John Lake (1871-1948) —
also known as Everett Lake —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
8, 1871.
Son of Thomas A. Lake and Martha A. (Cockings) Lake.
Republican. Lumber
business; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1921-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died September
16, 1948 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Interment at Westford
Cemetery, Ashford, Conn.
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Wesley Ulysses Pearne (b. 1851) —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1851.
Son of Benjamin Marshall Pearne and Emily Ann (Swathel) Pearne.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1901, 1905.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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