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Telephone and Telegraph Politicians in the District of Columbia

	Philip Wilson Bonsal (1903-1995) — also known as Philip W. Bonsal — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 22, 1903. Son of Stephen Bonsal and Henrietta (Morris) Bonsal. Executive in overseas telephone companies; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1938; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1947; Barcelona, 1947; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1955-57; Bolivia, 1957-59; Cuba, 1959-60; Morocco, 1961-62. Died, while ill with pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., June 28, 1995 (age 92 years, 37 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, April 10, 1929, to Margaret Lockett.   Books by Philip W. Bonsal: Cuba, Castro, and the United States (1971)
	George Gregg Fuller (1886-1973) — of Alexandria, Va. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., October 29, 1886. Son of George R. Fuller and Helen (Gregg) Fuller. Officer of telephone companies, 1910-13; U.S. Vice Consul in Oslo, 1920; Malmo, 1921; Reval, 1922; Jerusalem, 1923; Teheran, 1924-25; Berlin, 1926; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1926; Niagara Falls, 1927; Kingston, 1929-32; Winnipeg, 1938-43; SAINT John, 1943-44; Antwerp, 1944-45; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Consul General in Tunis, 1946-48. Member, Psi Upsilon. Died March 12, 1973 (age 86 years, 134 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Married, February 27, 1926, to Therese Alston Williams.
	Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) — also known as Charles B. Henderson — of Elko, Elko County, Nev.; Washington, D.C. Born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 8, 1873. Son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah W. (Bradley) Henderson. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Elko County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928, 1936; president and director, Elko Telephone and Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. The city of Henderson, Nevada, is named for him. Died in San Francisco, Calif., November 8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153 days). Interment at Elko Cemetery, Elko, Nev.   Relatives: Grandson of Lewis Rice Bradley; son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah W. (Bradley) Henderson; married 1901 to Ethel Smith.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
	Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) — also known as Harry E. Hull — of Williamsburg, Iowa County, Iowa. Born near Belvidere, Allegany County, N.Y., March 12, 1864. Son of Henry D. Hull and Isabel (Renwick) Hull. Republican. Grain business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa, 1889-1901; postmaster; president, Williamsburg Telephone Company; U.S. Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., January 16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.   Relatives: Married, June 3, 1891, to Mary Louise Harris.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) — also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach — of Washington, D.C.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 17, 1922. Son of Edward Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie Hilson Katzenbach. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes scholar; lawyer; law professor; U.S. Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM, 1969-86; director, MCI Communications, 2002-04; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died in Skillman, Somerset County, N.J., May 8, 2012 (age 90 years, 112 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Third great-grandson of Moore Furman; nephew of Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Jr.; son of Edward Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie Hilson Katzenbach; first cousin of Frank Snowden Katzenbach III; married, June 8, 1946, to Lydia King Phelps Stokes. See Katzenbach family of New Jersey.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
	Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) — also known as Henry C. Payne — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Ashfield, Franklin County, Mass., November 23, 1843. Son of Orrin P. Payne and Eliza (Ames) Payne. Republican. Postmaster; president, Wisconsin Telephone Company; president, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company; president, American Street Railway Association; receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad; member of Republican National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin Republican state chair, 1892; U.S. Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904. Methodist. Died in Washington, D.C., October 4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.   Presumably named for: Henry Clay   Relatives: Married, October 15, 1867, to Lydia W. Van Dyke.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, January 1902

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