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Michael J. Adanti (1940-2005) —
also known as "Red" —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.; Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born June 23,
1940.
Democrat. Played football
for the Ansonia Black Knights of the Atlantic Coast League; school
teacher; mayor of
Ansonia, Conn., 1973-77; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1976; president,
Southern Connecticut State University, 1984-2003.
The student center at Southern Connecticut State University is named for
him.
Killed in an automobile
accident, in Sardinia,
July
31, 2005 (age 65 years, 38
days).
Interment at Mt.
St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Derby, Conn.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie"
Anderson.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew Bulkley (1811-1895) —
of Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
27, 1811.
Democrat. School teacher; founder and headmaster, Weston
Boarding School; Weston Town Clerk; member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1857, 1875; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1868.
Died October
30, 1895 (age 84 years, 64
days).
Interment at Coley
Cemetery, Weston, Conn.
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Tyler D. Davidson (b. 1872) —
of Bethany, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Bethany, New Haven
County, Conn., June 8,
1872.
Son of Samuel Gilbert Davidson and Sarah Jane (Green) Davidson.
Democrat. School teacher; justice of the peace; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bethany, 1915-16, 1931-32;
defeated, 1932, 1934.
Member, Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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John M. Fabrizi (born c.1957) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1957.
Democrat. School teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 2000;
mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 2003-07; admitted
in June 2006 that he had used
cocaine, and did not seek
re-election.
Still living as of 2007.
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Judith G. Freedman —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 2002.
Female.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2002.
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Joan V. Hartley —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1985-2000; member
of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 2001-.
Female.
Still living as of 2010.
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Thomas J. Herlihy —
of Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. School teacher; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 16th District; elected 1996;
member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 2001-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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Frank A. Hooker (1844-1911) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., January
16, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney; superintendent of schools; circuit
judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1878-92; appointed 1878; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1893-1911; died in office 1911; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1902-03.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 10,
1911 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Nancy Lee Johnson (b. 1935) —
also known as Nancy L. Johnson; Nancy Elizabeth
Lee —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
5, 1935.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1977-82; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1980,
2008
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1983-2006 (6th District
1983-2003, 5th District 2003-06).
Female.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Paul Kuczo, Jr. —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate for mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1969.
Still living as of 1969.
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William Larrabee (1832-1912) —
of Iowa.
Born in Ledyard, New London
County, Conn., January
20, 1832.
Son of Adam Larrabee (1787-1869) and Hannah Gallup (Lester) Larrabee
(1798-1837).
School teacher; grain miller;
banker;
member of Iowa state
senate, 1867; Governor of
Iowa, 1886-90.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Blinded
in his right eye by a gun accident at age 15.
Died November
16, 1912 (age 80 years, 301
days).
Interment at God's
Acre Cemetery, Clermont, Iowa.
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Gary D. LeBeau —
of East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Easthampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; elected 1990; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1997-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 2004.
Member, League
of Women Voters; Lions; Elks.
Still living as of 2010.
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Edith G. Prague —
of Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn.
Democrat. Social
worker; school teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; member of Connecticut
state senate 19th District, 1995-.
Female.
Still living as of 2010.
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Alice V. Rowland (b. 1894) —
also known as Alice V. McSherry —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1894.
Daughter of Frank McSherry and Ellen McSherry.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1931-34; member
of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1943-46.
Female.
Member, Grange; League of Women
Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857) —
also known as "Wheel-Horse of the
Senate" —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Abington, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., February
21, 1783.
School teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1815-33; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1836.
Died September
2, 1857 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Ohio.
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James Andrew Shanley (1896-1965) —
also known as James A. Shanley —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April 1,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1935-43; defeated,
1942; probate judge in Connecticut, 1950-65; died in office 1965.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April 4,
1965 (age 69 years, 3
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, 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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Anthony J. Tercyak (c.1924-2003) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; school teacher;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 26th District, 1994-2003; died in
office 2003.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a heart
attack, in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., June 11,
2003 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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John S. Thornhill (b. 1864) —
of Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgewater, Litchfield
County, Conn., 1864.
Son of Samuel
Thornhill.
Republican. School teacher; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1923-38; member
of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1939-40.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elisha Waterman (1777-1857) —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., October
1, 1777.
Son of Elizabeth (Fitch) Waterman (1736-1821) and Andrew Waterman
(1737-1822).
School teacher; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lebanon, 1824, 1827; member
of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1837.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., March 30,
1857 (age 79 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Asahel Johnson Wright (b. 1854) —
of Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., September
29, 1854.
Son of Benjamin Wright (1807-1893) and Lucy (wells) Wright.
School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Killingly, 1882.
Burial
location unknown.
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