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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Son of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933, 1940; justice, New
York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Frank Bosworth Brandegee (1864-1924) —
also known as Frank B. Brandegee —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., July 8,
1864.
Son of Augustus
Brandegee and Nancy Christina (Bosworth) Brandegee.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1889; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1899-1900;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1902-05; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1905-24; died in office 1924.
Member, Union League.
Committed suicide
by inhaling
from a gaslight, in Washington,
D.C., October
14, 1924 (age 60 years, 98
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Louis Richmond Cheney (1859-1944) —
also known as Louis R. Cheney —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., April 27,
1859.
Son of George Wells Cheney and Harriet K. (Richmond) Cheney.
Republican. Silk
manufacturer; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1912-14; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1915.
Member, Union League.
Died December
17, 1944 (age 85 years, 234
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Manchester, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of George Wells Cheney and Harriet K. (Richmond) Cheney; married 1890 to Mary
Alice Robinson (1856-1926); married to Margaret Bennett
(1874-1940). |
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Robert Orville Eaton (b. 1857) —
also known as Robert O. Eaton —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., 1857.
Son of Jesse Orville Eaton and Mary Ann (Bradley) Eaton.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from North Haven, 1895-96,
1915-21; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for Connecticut, 1908-13, 1921-33; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Elks;
Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 19,
1881, to Catherine Almira Grannis. |
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John Matthew Golden (b. 1895) —
also known as John M. Golden —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Old Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
4, 1895.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1952,
1956,
1960;
member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1941; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1954-63.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hayward (1877-1944) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb., April 29,
1877.
Son of Monroe
Leland Hayward and Jennie (Pelton) Hayward.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Otoe
County Judge, 1901-02; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1907-09; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1908-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1921-25; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Union League.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1944 (age 67 years, 167
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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George Leavens Lilley (1859-1909) —
also known as George L. Lilley —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., August 3,
1859.
Son of John Leavens Lilley and Caroline W. (Adams) Lilley.
Republican. Real estate
dealer; member of Connecticut
Republican State Committee, 1901-09; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1903-09; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909; died in office 1909.
Member, Union League.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April 21,
1909 (age 49 years, 261
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Frank James Rice (1869-1917) —
also known as Frank J. Rice —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
5, 1869.
Son of Jesse H. Rice and Caroline E. (Holbrook) Rice.
Republican. Real estate
business; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Union League.
Died January
18, 1917 (age 47 years, 348
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Albert Wallace (b. 1857) —
also known as F. A. Wallace —
of Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
23, 1857.
Son of Robert Wallace and Harriet (Moulthroup) Wallace.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1908;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1909.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Whitman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hanover, Sprague, New London
County, Conn., September
29, 1868.
Republican. New
York County District Attorney; Governor of
New York, 1915-19; defeated, 1918; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union League.
Died March 29,
1947 (age 78 years, 181
days).
Interment at Westlawn
Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Rollin Simmons Woodruff (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin S. Woodruff —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 14,
1854.
Son of Rev. Jeremiah Woodruff and Clarissa (Thompson) Woodruff.
Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron
dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and
Mechanics Bank;
president, Grace Hospital
of New Haven; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of
Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
English
ancestry. Member, Union League.
Died June 30,
1925 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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