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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Keene, Albemarle
County, Va., August 9,
1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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David Verner Anderson —
also known as David V. Anderson —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1940-.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Larz Anderson (1866-1937) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Paris, France
of American parents, August
15, 1866.
Son of Gen. Nicholas Longworth Anderson (1838-1892) and Elizabeth
Coles (Kilgour) Anderson.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Minister to Belgium, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1912-13.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., April 13,
1937 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Frederick Christopher Arterton (b. 1942) —
also known as F. Christopher Arterton —
of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
22, 1942.
Son of Frederick Harry Arterton and Eleanor (Bell) Arterton.
Democrat. College
instructor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Chi Rho; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1966
to Janet MacArthur Bond. |
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Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) —
also known as Albert E. Austin —
of Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Medway, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1877.
Republican. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1917-19, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian. Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1942 (age 64 years, 72
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) —
also known as Gaspar G. Bacon —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1886.
Son of Robert
Bacon and Martha (Cowdin) Bacon.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1925-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway
Co., Eliot Savings Bank; major
in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) —
also known as Robert L. Bacon; "Prince
Charming" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1884.
Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert
Bacon.
Republican. Banker;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in
office 1938.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
12, 1938 (age 54 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) —
also known as Algernon S. Badger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1839.
Son of John Beighton Badger (1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague)
Badger (1816-1851).
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent, New
Orleans Metropolitan Police,
1870; postmaster;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1879.
Episcopalian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1905 (age 65 years, 193
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Presumably named
for: Algernon
Sidney |
| | | Relatives: Son of John Beighton Badger
(1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague) Badger (1816-1851); married, April 30,
1872, to Elizabeth Florence Parmele (1856-1877); married, September
9, 1882, to Olivia Blanche Blineau (1860-1939). |
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George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) —
also known as George L. Balcom —
of Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.; Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Sudbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
9, 1819.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1855-57; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90.
Episcopalian.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 13,
1900 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine, Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Son of Helen Bailey (Graves) Ballantine (1882-1966) and Arthur Atwood
Ballantine (1883-1960).
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Charles Foster Bass (b. 1952) —
also known as Charles F. Bass; Charlie
Bass —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1952.
Son of Perkins
Bass.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Rep. William
S. Cohen, 1974; staff for U.S. Rep David
F. Emery, 1975-79; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1982-88; delegate to
New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1984; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1995-; defeated
in primary, 1980.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Sidney Baxter (b. 1866) —
also known as Charles S. Baxter —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
27, 1866.
Son of Charles Willard Baxter.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912;
candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1921.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Tilton S. Bell (b. 1874) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; East Milton, Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 27,
1874.
Son of Wakeman D. Bell and Ida (Clark) Bell.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund Hatch Bennett (1824-1898) —
also known as Edmund H. Bennett —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., April 6,
1824.
Son of Milo Lyman Bennett and Abigail (Hatch) Bennett.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Massachusetts, 1858; mayor of
Taunton, Mass., 1865-67; resigned 1867; law
professor.
Episcopalian.
Died January
2, 1898 (age 73 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary B. Besse (b. 1869) —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., December
5, 1869.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1929; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Female.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frank Alden Besse. |
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Son of Albert
Jeremiah Beveridge and Catherine Spencer (Eddy) Beveridge
(1881-1970).
Republican. Newspaper
reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Franklin Swift Billings (1862-1935) —
also known as Franklin S. Billings —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., May 11,
1862.
Son of Franklin Noble Billings and Nancy (Swift) Billings.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1910-12, 1910, 1921-23; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1921-23; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1923-25; Governor of
Vermont, 1925-27; delegate to
Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Joseph Carbino's repair
shop, Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., January
16, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Anna Child Bird (b. 1855) —
also known as Anna J. Child; Mrs. Charles Sumner
Bird —
of East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
12, 1855.
Daughter of Elisha Norwin Child and Elizabeth Humphrey (Martin)
Child.
Republican. Chair, Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, 1917-19;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1924.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Interment somewhere
in East Walpole, Walpole, Mass.
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Charles Sumner Bird, Jr. (b. 1884) —
of East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
24, 1884.
Son of Charles
Sumner Bird and Anna
Child Bird.
Republican. Delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward William Brooke III (b. 1919) —
also known as Edward W. Brooke —
of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
26, 1919.
Son of Edward W. Brooke and Helen (Seldon) Brooke.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1960; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1963-67; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Amvets; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
First
black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1967.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philip Marshall Brown (1875-1966) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Washington,
D.C.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 31,
1875.
Son of David Wilbur Brown and Clara Herrick (Hill) Brown.
U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1908-10; university
professor.
Episcopalian. Member, Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died, in a nursing
home at Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 10,
1966 (age 90 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Herbert Walker Bush (b. 1924) —
also known as George Bush; "Poppy";
"Sheepskin";
"Timberwolf" —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 12,
1924.
Son of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush (1901-1992).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1971-73; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison to China, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,
1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
Vice
President of the United States, 1981-89; President
of the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Skull and
Bones; Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: First
cousin thrice removed of David
Davis; son of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush (1901-1992); married, January
6, 1945, to Barbara Pierce; father of George
Walker Bush and John
Ellis Bush. See Bush
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | Cross-reference: Caspar
W. Weinberger — John
H. Sununu — Don
Evans — James
C. Oberwetter |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by George H. W. Bush: All
The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings
(1999) — Looking
Forward (1987) — A
World Transformed (1998) |
| | | Books about George H. W. Bush: John
Robert Greene, The
Presidency of George Bush — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,
George
H. W. Bush (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about George H. W. Bush:
Kevin Phillips, American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush — Kitty Kelly, The
Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty |
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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Son of Charles Edson Cox and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928;
president, Old Colony Trust
Company; director, United Fruit Co.,
Revere Sugar Co.,
First National Bank of
Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper);
board member, Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874) —
also known as Benjamin R. Curtis —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
4, 1809.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1851-57.
Episcopalian.
Died September
15, 1874 (age 64 years, 315
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Laurence Curtis (1893-1989) —
also known as Lawrence Curtis —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
3, 1893.
Son of Louis Curtis and Fanny Leland (Richardson) Curtis.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lost a
leg during Navy training exercises; lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1921-22; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1933-36; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1936-41; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944
(alternate), 1960;
Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1947-48; defeated, 1948; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1953-63.
Episcopalian. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died July 11,
1989 (age 95 years, 311
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) —
also known as Malcolm G. Dade —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
27, 1903.
Son of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1991 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie Jean
Denham; father of Malcolm
G. Dade, Jr.. |
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Frederick William Dallinger (1871-1955) —
also known as Frederick W. Dallinger —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Center Lovell, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
2, 1871.
Son of William W. Dallinger and Elizabeth (Kingman) Dallinger.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1896-99; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1915-25, 1926-32;
defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1924; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1932-42.
Episcopalian.
Died in North Conway, Conway, Carroll
County, N.H., September
5, 1955 (age 83 years, 338
days).
Interment at Center
Lovell Cemetery, Center Lovell, Maine.
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Edward Livingston Davis (1834-1912) —
also known as Edward L. Davis —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 22,
1834.
Son of Isaac Davis and Mary Holman (Estabrook) Davis.
Lawyer;
manufacturer of ironwork,
including railroad
wheels; director of banks and
railroads;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1874; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1876.
Episcopalian.
Died March 2,
1912 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Edward
Livingston |
| | | Relatives: Son of Isaac Davis and Mary
Holman (Estabrook) Davis; married 1859 to Hannah
Gardner Adams (died 1861); married, December
2, 1869, to Maria Louisa Robbins. |
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Cornelius Roscoe Day (b. 1847) —
also known as Cornelius R. Day —
of Millerville, Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., December
29, 1847.
Son of David L. Day and Jane H. (Mahoney) Day.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1896-97; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ida F. Paine. |
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Louis Emil Denfeld (b. 1891) —
also known as Louis E. Denfeld —
of Washington,
D.C.; Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass., April 13,
1891.
Son of Louis E. Denfeld and Etta May (Kelley) Denfeld.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Navy
admiral; candidate in primary for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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John A. Denison (d. 1950) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer;
judge, 1902-12, 1915-35; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1913-14.
Episcopalian.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., 1950.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Laura Phinney. |
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Joseph Charles Dennis (b. 1877) —
also known as J. Charles Dennis —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 9,
1877.
Son of William H. Dennis and Annie (Broadbent) Dennis.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1934-53.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Butler Carson Derrick, Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Butler Derrick —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., September
30, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1975-95.
Episcopalian. Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Lions.
Still living as of 2009.
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Donald R. Dwight (b. 1931) —
also known as Don Dwight —
of South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass.; Wayland, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., March 26,
1931.
Son of William
Dwight.
Massachusetts Commissioner of Administration and Finance, 1969-70; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1971-75.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2005.
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Minnie Ryan Dwight (1873-1957) —
also known as Minnie R. Dwight; Minnie
Ryan —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 22,
1873.
Daughter of Patrick Ryan and Catherine (Reilley) Ryan.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1920-34; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died July 31,
1957 (age 84 years, 39
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Bernardston, Mass.
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Victor Herbert Fazio, Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as Vic Fazio —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
11, 1942.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-99 (4th District 1979-93,
3rd District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs)
Gardiner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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William Alexander Gaston (1859-1927) —
also known as William A. Gaston —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 1,
1859.
Son of William
Gaston (1820-1894) and Louisa Augusta (Beecher) Gaston.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1902, 1903, 1926; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1922; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Died in Barre, Worcester
County, Mass., July 17,
1927 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., July 17,
1744.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1786; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812; Vice
President of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
The word gerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined to
describe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his party
created in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1814 (age 70 years, 129
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Hinman Graves (1839-1928) —
also known as Charles H. Graves; Charley
Graves —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
14, 1839.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1873-76; mayor of
Duluth, Minn., 1882, 1883; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1905-13; Norway, 1905-06.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., October
7, 1928 (age 89 years, 54
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Addison Loomis Green (1862-1942) —
also known as Addison L. Green —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
23, 1862.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Green and Alvira Eunice (Loomis) Green.
Lawyer;
archaeologist;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1894; became
involved in the textile
business; vice-president, Association of Woolen
Manufacturers of America; studied archeological sites in Spain and
France with Charles
G. Dawes, 1930.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1942 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Earl Greenwood (b. 1904) —
also known as Robert E. Greenwood —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., April 26,
1904.
Son of Levi Heywood Greenwood and Mary Alberta (Cann) Greenwood.
Democrat. Director, Fitchburg Cooperative Bank;
incorporator, Worcester North Savings
Bank; trustee, Burbank Hospital;
mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1934-38.
Episcopalian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) —
also known as Joseph C. Grew —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Manchester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1880.
Son of Edward Sturgis Grew and Annie Crawford (Clark) Grew.
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1905; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1920-21; Switzerland, 1921-24; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1927-32; Japan, 1932-38.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Navy
League.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed an open letter in 1954
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.
Died May 25,
1965 (age 84 years, 363
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Dodd Hathaway (b. 1924) —
also known as William D. Hathaway —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
21, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1965-73; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1973-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Donald M. Hill (b. 1877) —
of Waban, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
1, 1877.
Son of William H. Hill and Sarah Ellen (May) Hill.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 13th District, 1930.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Henderson Hoff (b. 1924) —
also known as Philip H. Hoff —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., June 29,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
Vermont, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1970.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Eagles;
Moose.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Hooper (1742-1790) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 17,
1742.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1777-78.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., October
14, 1790 (age 48 years, 119
days).
Interment at Guilford
Battle Grounds, Greensboro, N.C.
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Katherine Graham Howard (1898-1986) —
also known as Katherine G. Howard; Katherine Montague
Graham; Mrs. Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Guyton, Effingham
County, Ga., 1898.
Daughter of Joseph Lewis Graham and Margaret (Nowell) Graham.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1945-53; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1948-53.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, League of Women
Voters; Colonial
Dames.
Died in 1986
(age about
88 years).
Interment somewhere
in Reading, Mass.
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Frank E. Howe (b. 1870) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Heath, Franklin
County, Mass., October
2, 1870.
Son of Edmund Perry Howe (1838-1885) and Laura A. (Worden) Howe.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifford Chesley Hubbard (b. 1884) —
also known as Clifford C. Hubbard —
of Norton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 30,
1884.
Son of Elmer Elston Hubbard and Lucy Amelia (Read) Hubbard.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hallett C. Johnson (1888-1968) —
also known as Francis Hallett Johnson —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
26, 1888.
Son of Jeremiah Augustus Johnson (1836-1912) and Frances Valeda
'Fannie' (Matthews) Johnson.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1944-47.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1968 (age 79 years, 259
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Thorsten Valentine Kalijarvi (1897-1980) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., December
22, 1897.
Son of Gustaf Kalijarvi and Ida Christina (Kuniholm) Kalijarvi.
University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1957-61.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; American
Arbitration Association; Pi Gamma
Mu; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in June, 1980
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Carl Kemp (b. 1884) —
also known as Edwin C. Kemp —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in East Douglas, Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1884.
Son of Charles Edwin Kemp and Harriet Elizabeth (Moulton) Kemp.
U.S. Consul in SAINT Pierre and Miquelon, 1914-15; Marseille, 1915-16; Tunis, 1916-19; Bucharest, 1919-21; Budapest, 1921-23; Danzig, 1923-29; Le Havre, 1929-33; Moncton, 1933-35; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1935-36; Halifax, 1943-45; Kingston, 1945.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edwin Kemp and Harriet Elizabeth (Moulton) Kemp; married,
September
12, 1909, to Bernette Zoe Chase (died 1918); married, November
26, 1919, to Anna Durkee Smith. |
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Rufus King (1755-1827) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarborough, Cumberland
County, Maine, March 24,
1755.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate for President
of the United States, 1816.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died April 29,
1827 (age 72 years, 36
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Leslie E. Knox (b. 1891) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
13, 1891.
Son of Walter Harvey Knox and Helen Louisa (Boyd) Knox.
Republican. Insurance
business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1936-37.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 23,
1917, to Jean Elizabeth Follett. |
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Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886) —
also known as Amos A. Lawrence —
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 31,
1814.
Son of Amos Lawrence (1786-1852) and Sarah (Richards) Lawrence
(1790-1819).
Owner, Ipswich Mills, maker of knit
goods; abolitionist; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1858 (American), 1860 (Constitutional Union).
Episcopalian.
Lawrence, Kansas is named for
him.
Died August
22, 1886 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis;
married, November
20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October
14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane. |
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Nathan Matthews, Jr. (1854-1927) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 28,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1888;
mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1891-94.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolism, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1927 (age 73 years, 258
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Henry Moody (1853-1917) —
also known as William H. Moody —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., December
23, 1853.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1895-1902;
resigned 1902; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1902-04; U.S.
Attorney General, 1904-06; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1906-10.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., July 2,
1917 (age 63 years, 191
days).
Interment at Byfield
Cemetery, Georgetown, Mass.
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Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) —
also known as Dana G. Munro —
of New Jersey.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 18,
1892.
Son of Dana Carleton Munro and Alice Gardner (Beecher) Munro.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1920-21; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1930-32.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1990
(age about
97 years).
Interment somewhere
in Waquoit, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Margaret Bennett Wiley. |
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Robert Treat Paine (b. 1866) —
also known as Robert T. Paine —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 9,
1866.
Son of Robert Treat Paine and Lydia Williams (Lyman) Paine.
Democrat. Candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1899, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nelson Renfrew Park (1890-1979) —
also known as Nelson R. Park —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
25, 1890.
Son of Henry James Park and Mary G. (Esdon) Park.
School
teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1919-22; Guatemala City, 1922; Callao-Lima, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Callao-Lima, 1926; Ceiba, 1927-30; Torreon, 1930-37; Barranquilla, 1937-42; Matamoros, 1942-44; Barcelona, 1944-48; U.S. Consul General in Kingston, 1948-50.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1979
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wanda Kathleen Parker (b. 1915) —
also known as Wanda K. Parker —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Wolflake, Noble
County, Ind., October
11, 1915.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1950.
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Henry Parkman, Jr. (1894-1958) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 26,
1894.
Son of Henry Parkman and Mary Frances (Parker) Parkman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1936;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Suffolk District, 1929-36; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1933; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in 1958
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Son of John E. Parsons (c.1830-1915) and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lenox
Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Son of Malcolm E. Peabody and Mary (Parkman) Peabody.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Frances Perkins (1882-1965) —
also known as Mrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson —
of Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 10,
1882.
Daughter of Frederick W. Perkins and Susan Perkins.
Democrat. Sociologist;
New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1929-33; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1933-45; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
First
woman to serve in the Cabinet.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1965 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Interment at Cemetery
on River Road, Newcastle, Maine.
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Andrew James Peters (1872-1938) —
also known as Andrew J. Peters —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 3,
1872.
Son of Andrew James Peters and Mary Richards (Whitney) Peters.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1904-05; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1907-14;
resigned 1914; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1914-18; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1918-22; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
June
26, 1938 (age 66 years, 84
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Christopher Hallowell Phillips (b. 1920) —
also known as Christopher H. Phillips —
of Beverly, Essex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands,
December
6, 1920.
Son of William
Phillips and Caroline Astor (Drayton) Phillips.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1948-53; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1952,
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Brunei, 1989-91.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1998.
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Ruth Baker Pratt (1877-1965) —
also known as Ruth Sears Baker; Mrs. John T.
Pratt —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass., August
24, 1877.
Daughter of Edwin Howard Baker.
Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1920;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1929-33; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1929-43; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
23, 1965 (age 87 years, 364
days).
Interment at Pratt
Mausoleum, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
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Elliot Lee Richardson (1920-1999) —
also known as Elliot L. Richardson —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 20,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1959-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1965-67; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1967-69; defeated in primary, 1962;
resigned 1969; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1973; U.S.
Attorney General, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1975-76; , 1977-80; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1976-77; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1984.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1999.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
31, 1999 (age 79 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jonas Robeson (1800-1871) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Massachusetts, 1800.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1858-59, 1860-62.
Episcopalian.
Died in Caddo
Parish, La., 1871
(age about
71 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Caddo Parish, La.
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Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) —
also known as Edith Frances Nourse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, 1881.
Daughter of Franklin Nourse and Edith Francis (Riversmith) Nourse.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1925-60; died in
office 1960.
Female.
Congregationalist;
later Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died September
10, 1960 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke and
Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (1908-1998; divorced 1940; who
later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April 14,
1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider (divorced 1955); married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens (divorced 1969); married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
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George Augustus Sanderson (1863-1932) —
of Ayer, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Littleton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 1,
1863.
Son of George Webster Sanderson (1830-1912) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Tuttle) Sanderson.
Republican. Middlesex
County District Attorney, 1902-07; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1907-24; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1924-32.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1932
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Westlawn
Cemetery, Littleton, Mass.
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Philip Mason Sears (1899-1973) —
also known as Mason Sears —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
29, 1899.
Son of Philip Shelton Sears (1867-1953) and Mary Cabot (Higginson)
Sears.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1935-36; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1947-48; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1948,
1952;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1949-50; U.S. representative to United
Nations Trusteeship Council, 1953-60.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, in Faulkner Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
13, 1973 (age 73 years, 349
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Hackett Souter (b. 1939) —
also known as David H. Souter —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1939.
Son of Joseph Alexander Souter and Helen (Hackett) Souter.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1976-78; superior court judge
in New Hampshire, 1978-83; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1983-90; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1990; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Solon Whithed Stevens (b. 1836) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 1,
1836.
Son of Solon Stevens and Harriet (Whithed) Stevens.
Republican. Organist; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron Steel
Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 27,
1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006) —
also known as Gerry E. Studds —
of Cohasset, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; member of White House staff during
the administration of President John
F. Kennedy, 1962-63; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Harrison
A. Williams, 1964; state coordinator for U.S. Sen. Eugene
J. McCarthy's presidential primary campaign, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1973-97 (12th District
1973-83, 10th District 1983-97).
Episcopalian. Gay.
First
openly gay member of Congress. Censured
by the House of Representatives on July 20, 1983, for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page ten years earlier.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in Boston Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
14, 2006 (age 69 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) —
also known as Stuart Symington —
of Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 26,
1901.
Son of William Stuart Symington and Emily Haxall (Harrison)
Symington.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
the Air Force, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956,
1960;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died December
14, 1988 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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George Holden Tinkham (1870-1956) —
also known as George H. Tinkham —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1870.
Son of George Henry Tinkham and Frances Ann (Holden) Tinkham.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910-12; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1915-43 (11th District
1915-33, 10th District 1933-43).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Cramerton, Gaston
County, N.C., August
28, 1956 (age 85 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) —
also known as Allen T. Treadway —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1867.
Son of William Denton Treadway and Harriet (Heaton) Treadway.
Republican. Hotel
proprietor; director, Berkshire Trust Co.;
trustee, Stockbridge Savings
Bank; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1913-45; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grange; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in 1947
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Gardner Clyde Turner (b. 1910) —
also known as Gardner C. Turner —
of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Ludlow, Hampden
County, Mass., March 3,
1910.
Son of Clyde A. Turner and G. (Estes) Turner.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Sullivan,
1948; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1961.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Jaycees.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981) —
also known as William H. Vanderbilt —
of Portsmouth, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1901.
Son of Ellen (French) Vanderbilt and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
(1887-1915; horse breeder;died in the wreck of the Lusitania,
ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915).
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1928,
1936;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1939-41; defeated, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Died April 14,
1981 (age 79 years, 141
days).
Interment somewhere
in Williamstown, Mass.
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Robert E. Waldron (b. 1920) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
25, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-70 (Wayne County 13th
District 1955-64, 1st District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1950;
Speaker
of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1967-68;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1962; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1998.
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Relatives:
Married 1951
to Helen Miller. |
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Joseph Everett Warner (b. 1884) —
also known as Joseph E. Warner —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., May 16,
1884.
Son of Richard Everett Warner and Ida Evelyn (Briggs) Warner.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1913-20; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1919-20;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920;
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1928-35; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1940-49.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Floyd Weld (b. 1945) —
also known as William F. Weld; Bill Weld —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Smithtown, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 31,
1945.
Republican. Candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1978; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1981-86; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1991-97; resigned 1997; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wellington Wells (1868-1955) —
also known as Bill Wells —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 18,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 23,
1955 (age 87 years, 35
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Frederick August Westphal (b. 1895) —
also known as Fred A. Westphal —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., June 15,
1895.
Son of Peter John C. Westphal and Anna W. (Glesmann) Westphal.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
steel
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1960.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Navy
League; Military
Order of the World Wars; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 24,
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Benjamin Franklin White (1833-1920) —
of Montana.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., December
3, 1833.
Member of Montana
territorial legislature, 1882-83; Governor of
Montana Territory, 1889; Speaker of
the Montana State House of Representatives, 1902-04; member of Montana
state senate, 1904-08.
Episcopalian.
Died in Dillon, Beaverhead
County, Mont., December
4, 1920 (age 87 years, 1
days).
Interment somewhere
in Dillon, Mont.
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Henry White (1850-1927) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 29,
1850.
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1905-07; France, 1906-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Howard Whitmore, Jr. (1905-1998) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1905.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1947-53; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1954-59; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 18,
1998 (age 93 years, 40
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry O. Wood (1837-1925) —
of Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rhode Island, 1837.
Merchant;
postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives.
Episcopalian.
Died in Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass., October
27, 1925 (age about 88
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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