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Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) —
also known as Augustus W. Bennet —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1897.
Son of William
Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 5,
1983 (age 85 years, 241
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Chester Bliss Bowles (1901-1986) —
also known as Chester Bowles —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 5,
1901.
Son of Charles Allen Bowles and Nellie (Harris) Bowles.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1949-51; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1951-53, 1963-69; Nepal, 1951-53; , 1961-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1959-61; author.
Unitarian.
Member, Urban
League; Grange; Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 25,
1986 (age 85 years, 50
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
22, 1888.
Son of William
Edmund Brewster and Carrie S. (Bridges) Brewster.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for Chapman National Bank,
Portland, Maine, 1914-25; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18,
1921-22; member of Maine
state senate, 1923-25; Governor of
Maine, 1925-29; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Grange; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1961 (age 73 years, 306
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
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Frank A. Brooks —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1935-36.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Arthur Brooks (b. 1873) —
of Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 27,
1873.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1921-24.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Henry Buckley (b. 1897) —
also known as Thomas H. Buckley —
of Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
5, 1897.
Son of William Buckley and Anne (Ruane) Buckley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1920-40; candidate for Massachusetts
Governor's Council 1st District, 1922; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1932; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1935-39; candidate in primary for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Grange; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz)
Burton.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John Parker Hale Chandler, Jr. (1911-2001) —
also known as John P. H. Chandler, Jr. —
of Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 6,
1911.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1943; owner, Warner Ski
Area, 1946-62; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1953-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956,
1960,
1972,
1980;
member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1961; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1962.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died, in Pleasant View Nursing
Home, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., April 27,
2001 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at New
Waterloo Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
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Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1874.
Son of Charles E. Cox and Evelyn M. (Randall) Cox.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1906; postmaster;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy Lynde Fernald (b. 1901) —
also known as Roy L. Fernald —
of Winterport, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
9, 1901.
Son of Charles Walter Fernald and Hortense (Rankin) Fernald.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives from Waldo County (4th), 1931-32;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grange; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Angier Louis Goodwin (1881-1975) —
also known as Angier L. Goodwin —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
30, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Melrose, Mass., 1921-23; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1929-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1943-55;
defeated, 1954; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Grange; Zeta Psi.
Died in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1975 (age 94 years, 141
days).
Interment at Wyoming
Cemetery, Melrose, Mass.
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Cornelius F. Haley (b. 1875) —
of Rowley, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., July 15,
1875.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1919-20; member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Essex District, 1927-36.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Grange.
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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Joseph Leo Hurley (1898-1956) —
also known as Joseph L. Hurley —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., April 20,
1898.
Son of John T. Hurley and Margaret A. (Sullivan) Hurley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Tenth Bristol District, 1925-28;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1933-34; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1935-37; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-56; died in office 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; Moose;
Grange.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., April 29,
1956 (age 58 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas H. Johnston (b. 1872) —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 5,
1872.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1923-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate Worcester & Hampden District, 1931-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph William Martin, Jr. (1884-1968) —
also known as Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Joe
Martin —
of North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., November
3, 1884.
Son of Joseph William Martin and Catherine (Katon) Martin.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; insurance
business; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1915-17; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1916,
1936,
1940
(Permanent
Chair), 1944
(Permanent
Chair), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1920;
secretary
of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1922-25; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-67 (15th District
1925-33, 14th District 1933-63, 10th District 1963-67); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1947-49, 1953-55; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1937; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1940-42; derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Grange.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., March 6,
1968 (age 83 years, 124
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro, Mass.
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James G. Moran (b. 1870) —
of Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass., May 2,
1870.
Lawyer;
postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Bristol District, 1923-36; President
of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Lions;
Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald William Nicholson (1888-1968) —
also known as Donald W. Nicholson —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
11, 1888.
Son of Angus Nicholson and Annie (McLeod) Nicholson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-26; member of Massachusetts
state senate Cape and Plymouth District, 1927-47; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1947-59.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died February
16, 1968 (age 79 years, 189
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Wareham, Mass.
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Fred H. Purches (b. 1881) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
5, 1881.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Bancroft Putnam (b. 1878) —
also known as Harry B. Putnam —
of Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., September
7, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1911-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Berkshire, Hampshire & Hampden District, 1933-35.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dover, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
1, 1892.
Son of Richard Middlecott Saltonstall and Eleanor (Brooks)
Saltonstall.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1923-37; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1929-37;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1972;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1936; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1939-45; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1945-67.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Dover, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 17,
1979 (age 86 years, 289
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Arthur M. Taft (b. 1854) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., January
28, 1854.
Son of Brigham A. Taft.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-06; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1906-07.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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