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Politicians in Nautical and Maritime Trades in the District of Columbia
including Shipbuilding and Fishing


  Frank William Boykin (1885-1969) — also known as Frank W. Boykin — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw County, Ala., February 21, 1885. Son of James Clark Boykin and Glo Emenia (Ainsworth) Boykin. Democrat. Manufacturer of railway crossties; lumber and timber business; shipbuilder; U.S. Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1935-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks; Woodmen; Moose. Died in Washington, D.C., March 12, 1969 (age 84 years, 19 days). Interment at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
  Relatives: Married, December 31, 1913, to Ocllo Gunn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Marion Maxwell Caskie (b. 1890) — also known as Marion M. Caskie — of Alabama; Washington, D.C. Born in Remington, Fauquier County, Va., July 29, 1890. Son of Dr. James Maxwell Caskie and Olivia (Rixey) Caskie. Democrat. Staff for Southern Railway office in Washington, 1906-11; traffic manager for various enterprises; general manager, state docks, Port of Mobile, Ala.; vice-president, Waterman Steamship Co.; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1935-40. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 4, 1912, to Helen Elizabeth Suess.
  Thomas Henry Cullen (1868-1944) — also known as Thomas H. Cullen — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 29, 1868. Democrat. Marine insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1896-98; member of New York state senate 3rd District, 1899-1918; U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1919-44; died in office 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1940 (alternate); member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930-36; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 5th District, 1938. Died in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1944 (age 75 years, 338 days). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) — also known as Marcus A. Hanna; Mark Hanna; "Dollar Mark" — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio, September 24, 1837. Son of Dr. Leonard Hanna and Samantha (Converse) Hanna. Republican. Partner in wholesale grocery; head of M. A. Hanna and Co., coal dealers; director, Globe Ship Manufacturing Co.; president, Union National Bank; president, Cleveland City Railroad Co. president, Chapin Mining Co.; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904. Died in Washington, D.C., February 15, 1904 (age 66 years, 144 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Leonard Hanna and Samantha (Converse) Hanna; married, September 27, 1864, to C. Augusta Rhodes; father of Ruth Hanna McCormick (who married Joseph Medill McCormick). See McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Will H. Parry (1864-1917) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 29, 1864. Son of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry. Newspaper editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran Shipbuilding Co., 1900-15; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in office 1917. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Union League. Died, in a hospital at Washington, D.C., April 21, 1917 (age 52 years, 296 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, January 15, 1891, to Harriet Phelps.
  Seth Ledyard Phelps (1824-1885) — of Maryland. Born in 1824. Agent, Pacific Mail Steamship Company; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Acapulco, 1864; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1875-79; President of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1878-79; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1883-85, died in office 1885. Died in Lima, Peru, June 24, 1885 (age about 60 years). Burial location unknown.

 

 


 
   
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