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Teacher Politicians in Delaware
school teachers, principals, superintendents


  William Henry Boyce (1855-1942) — also known as William H. Boyce — of Georgetown, Sussex County, Del.; Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Sussex County, Del., November 28, 1855. Son of James H. Boyce and Sarah J. (Otwell) Boyce. Democrat. School principal; lawyer; Sussex County Recorder of Deeds, 1881-86; chair of Sussex County Democratic Party, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1896, 1924; secretary of state of Delaware, 1897; justice of Delaware state supreme court, 1897-1921; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1923-25; defeated, 1924. Episcopalian. Died in Dover, Kent County, Del., February 6, 1942 (age 86 years, 70 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
  Relatives: Married, October 25, 1882, to Emma E. Valliant.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Franklin Brockson (1865-1942) — of Delaware. Born in New Castle County, Del., August 6, 1865. Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1908-10; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1913-15; defeated, 1914. Died in Clayton, Kent County, Del., March 16, 1942 (age 76 years, 222 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) — also known as Ruby R. Vale — of Milford, Sussex County, Del. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., October 19, 1874. Son of Joseph Griffith Vale (1837-1902) and Sarah (Eyster) Vale (1845-1892). Republican. School principal; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1912 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1916, 1948 (alternate). French Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Kappa Psi; Theta Nu Epsilon; Freemasons. Died January 2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Griffith Vale (1837-1902) and Sarah (Eyster) Vale (1845-1892); married, February 21, 1901, to Elizabeth Williams (1878-1920; granddaughter of Peter Foster Causey). See Polk-Ashe family of North Carolina.

 

 


 
   
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