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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 16,
1863.
Son of Waldo Abbot and Julia (Holmes) Abbot.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Devere Allen (1891-1955) —
of Wilton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 24,
1891.
Son of Henry L. Allen and Sarah Elizabeth (Champlin) Allen.
Editor for various publications, including The Nation;
overseas correspondent for newspapers and magazines; author;
Socialist candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1932, 1934; Labor candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1938, 1940.
Member, League
for Industrial Democracy; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Federation of Teachers; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in a hospital
at Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., August
27, 1955 (age 64 years, 64
days).
Interment at Wheeler
Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn.
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William Hollingsworth Attwood (1919-1989) —
also known as William Attwood —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Paris, France,
July
14, 1919.
Son of Frederic Attwood and Gladys (Hollingsworth) Attwood.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
correspondent; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Ambassador to Guinea, 1961-63; Kenya, 1964-66.
He became partially
lame due to polio he caught in Africa.
Died, from heart
failure, in New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 15,
1989 (age 69 years, 275
days).
Interment somewhere
in New Canaan, Conn.
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John Denison Baldwin (1809-1883) —
also known as John D. Baldwin —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., September
28, 1809.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1847-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1863-69.
Congregationalist.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 8,
1883 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Arthur S. Barnes (1871-1956) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., March 12,
1871.
Son of Seth Barnes (1846-1906) and Margaret E. (Phetzing) Barnes.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1925-28.
Died December
25, 1956 (age 85 years, 288
days).
Interment at West Cemetery, Bristol, Conn.
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Theodore Bodenwein (1864-1939) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Dusseldorf, Prussia (now Germany),
January
25, 1864.
Son of Anton Bodenwein and Agnes (Bornes) Bodenwein.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1932,
1936
(alternate); member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Lawrence and Memorial Associated Hospitals,
New London, New London
County, Conn., January
12, 1939 (age 74 years, 352
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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George Francis Booth (1870-1955) —
also known as George F. Booth —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
11, 1870.
Son of William Henry Booth and Eliza (Jackson) Booth.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1932,
1936,
1944.
Congregationalist
or Unitarian.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., September
1, 1955 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) —
also known as Heywood Broun —
of New York; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Son of Heywood Cox Broun and Henriette (Brose) Broun.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1930.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Sportswriter;
columnist
for New York newspapers; founder of
the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first president;
expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1939 (age 51 years, 11
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Daniel Russell Brown (1848-1919) —
also known as D. Russell Brown —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., March 28,
1848.
Son of Arba Harrison Brown and Harriet M. (Dart) Brown.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Presidential Elector for
Rhode Island, 1888;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1892-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
28, 1919 (age 70 years, 337
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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William Frank Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1925.
Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull and
Bones.
Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of
National Review magazine; author and
lecturer; host of television
news show "Firing Line"; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.
Died, probably of diabetes
and emphysema,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley; brother of James
Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo
Brent Bozell); married 1950 to
Patricia Alden Austin Taylor (1926-2007). See Buckley
family of New York and Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting
It Right (2003) — God
and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
(1951) — Spytime
: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer,
My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The
Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word
Lover (1998) — Airborne
: A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In
Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers
No More (1995) — Up
From Liberalism (1959) — The
Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis
in the Morning (2001) — Execution
eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four
reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude
: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —
Nuremberg
: the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive
: a personal documentary (1983) — United
Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The
unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero (2001) |
| | | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained
Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel (1978) — Marco
Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1981) —
Saving
the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1976) — See
You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery
(1985) — Tucker's
Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1991) — Mongoose,
R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1990) — A
Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1994) —
High
Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1986) — Who's
on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1980) — The
Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe McCarthy
(1999) |
| | | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:
John B. Judis, William
F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the
Conservatives |
| | | Critical books about William F. Buckley,
Jr.: David Miller, Chairman
Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
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Alfred Edmond Burr (d. 1900) —
also known as Alfred E. Burr —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1864,
1884,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Willie Olcott Burr (b. 1843) —
also known as W. O. Burr —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, September
27, 1843.
Son of Alfred
Edmond Burr.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Paul Butler (b. 1883) —
also known as Robert P. Butler —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Prairieville, Barry
County, Mich., December
25, 1883.
Son of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Homer Byington (c.1825-1910) —
also known as A. Homer Byington —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1825.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1861-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1880
(alternate); U.S. Consul in Naples, 1897-1907.
Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
29, 1910 (age about 85
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Cass Carpenter (1836-1908) —
of South Carolina; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., February
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Sen. William
H. Buckingham, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1874-75;
newspaper editor.
Died in Denver,
Colo., March 6,
1908 (age 72 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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H. S. Challenger (born c.1872) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1872.
Republican. News dealer; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1921-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hopkins Clark (1848-1926) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April 1,
1848.
Son of Ezra
Clark, Jr. and Mary (Hopkins) Clark (1822-1866).
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1908,
1912,
1916
(speaker),
1920,
1924.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
5, 1926 (age 78 years, 157
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Walter Eli Clark (1869-1950) —
also known as Walter E. Clark —
of Washington,
D.C.; Alaska; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., January
7, 1869.
Son of Oren Andrus Clark and Emily Jeannette (Jones) Clark.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; Governor of
Alaska District, 1909-12; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1912-13; newspaper editor.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died of a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
4, 1950 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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George Harry Cohen (b. 1892) —
also known as George H. Cohen —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
5, 1892.
Son of Abraham L. Cohen and Sarah (Grodjiensky) Cohen.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; magazine editor;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Dean (1818-1901) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.; Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
16, 1818.
Minister;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59;
newspaper editor; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1870-71.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1901 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at South
Cemetery, Warren, R.I.
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Le Roy Donnelly Downs (1900-1970) —
also known as Le Roy D. Downs —
of South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 11,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; Norwalk City Clerk, 1933-40; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1941-43; defeated,
1942; candidate for mayor of
Norwalk, Conn., 1949.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
18, 1970 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
15, 1764.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1806-07; member of
Connecticut
council of assistants, 1809-15.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1846 (age 81 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward Hart Fenn (1856-1939) —
also known as E. Hart Fenn —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
12, 1856.
Republican. Journalist; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1907-08, 1915;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1921-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1939 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Son of Alpheus Hardy and Susan W. (Holmes) Hardy.
Civil
engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, 1893-95; U.S. Minister
to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March 14,
1930 (age 82 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Joseph Harris (b. 1853) —
also known as Charles J. Harris —
of Dillsboro, Jackson
County, N.C.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., September
11, 1853.
Son of William Harris and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris.
Republican. President, Harris Kaolin Co. (mining),
Harris Granite Quarries,
and Harris-Woodbury Lumber Co.;
president, Jackson County Bank
(Sylva, N.C.); vice-president, American National Bank
(Asheville, N.C.); president, Asheville Daily Times newspaper;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1908,
1916,
1924,
1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Bunce Holt (1790-1871) —
also known as George B. Holt —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 12,
1790.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1824-25; member of Ohio state
senate, 1828-30; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1828-36,
1843-49; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Montgomery County,
1850-51.
Presbyterian.
Died October
30, 1871 (age 81 years, 140
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) —
also known as Ann Clare Boothe —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 10,
1903.
Daughter of William Franklin Boothe (1862-1928) and Anna Clara Snyder
(1882-1938; killed in an automobile-train accident in Miami, Fla.).
Republican. Writer;
journalist; playwright;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948
(speaker),
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.
Female.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1987 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Franklin Boothe (1862-1928) and Anna Clara Snyder
(1882-1938; killed in an automobile-train accident in Miami, Fla.);
step-daughter of Albert
Elmer Austin; married, August
10, 1923, to George Tuttle Brokaw (1879-1935; divorced 1929);
married, November
23, 1935, to Henry Robinson Luce (1898-1967; founder and
publisher of Time, Life, and other magazines); mother
of Ann Clare Brokaw (1924-1944; killed in an automobile accident in
Palo Alto, Calif.). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Clare Boothe Luce: Sylvia
Morris, Rage
for Fame : The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce — Stephen
C. Shadegg, Clare
Boothe Luce: a biography — Joseph Lyons, Clare
Boothe Luce: Author and Diplomat (for young
readers) |
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Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) —
also known as Blair Moody —
of Michigan.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
13, 1902.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, during his campaign
for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 20,
1954 (age 52 years, 157
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Jamieson Pape (b. 1873) —
also known as William J. Pape —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.; Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Liverpool, England,
December
1, 1873.
Son of Robert Pape and Martha (Burnett) Pape.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper editor and
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 24,
1864.
Son of Ellen (Sheffield) Phelps (1838-1920) and William
Walter Phelps.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1900.
Died, of typhoid
fever, in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., December
9, 1902 (age 38 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Thomas Lawrence Reilly (1858-1924) —
also known as Thomas L. Reilly —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., September
20, 1858.
Son of John Reilly and Catherine (Fagan) Reilly.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; mayor of
Meriden, Conn., 1906-12; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1911-15 (2nd District 1911-13,
3rd District 1913-15); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1916;
New
Haven County Sheriff, 1918-24.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 6,
1924 (age 65 years, 290
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Charles Addison Russell (1852-1902) —
also known as Charles A. Russell —
of Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1852.
Republican. Newspaper editor; woollen
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1883; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1885-87; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1887-1902; died in
office 1902.
Died in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., October
23, 1902 (age 50 years, 235
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Dayville, Killingly, Conn.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Francis E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Son of Francis
Edwin Shober and Josephine May (Wheat) Shober.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Charles Emory Smith (1842-1908) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., February
18, 1842.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1890-92; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1898-1902.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1908 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Thomas J. Spellacy (1880-1957) —
also known as "Long Tom" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate; Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1920,
1924
(delegation chair), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1915-18; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1922; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1925-29; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1935-43; defeated, 1912; resigned 1943;
defeated, 1945; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-41; Connecticut
Insurance Commissioner, 1955-57.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Commodore Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1957 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Gill. |
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, June 27,
1805.
Son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton.
Journalist; orator;
lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Philip Troup —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; postmaster;
candidate for mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1927, 1929.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Johnstone Vance (1854-1902) —
also known as Robert J. Vance —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 15,
1854.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1887-89; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888,
1892;
Connecticut labor commissioner, 1893-95; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1896-97; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Connecticut, 1896; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died in Montreat, Buncombe
County, N.C., June 15,
1902 (age 48 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) —
also known as Alpheus S. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's
court judge in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; postmaster;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878.
Suffered a stroke and
died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878 (age 68 years, 92
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue erected 1921 at Belle
Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Luther Kimbell Zabriskie (1879-1921) —
also known as Luther K. Zabriskie —
of Preston, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Preston, New London
County, Conn., October
20, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper work; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Preston, 1907-08; U.S. Deputy
Consul in Callao, 1912-13; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Callao, 1913-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1915-16; SAINT Thomas, 1916-17; U.S. Consul in Aguascalientes, 1919-20.
Died in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes,
January
17, 1921 (age 41 years, 89
days).
Interment at Comstock Cemetery, Uncasville, Montville, Conn.
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