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Thomas Cogswell Bachelder (b. 1860) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., November
6, 1860.
Son of Samuel Fogg Bachelder and Martha Badger (Cogswell) Bachelder;
married, November
8, 1893, to Claudia Wilma Crosby.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1896-97.
Congregationalist.
Member, Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack H. Backman (b. 1922) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Saugus, Essex
County, Mass., April 26,
1922.
Son of Saul Backman and Edith (Cohen) Backman; married to Lillian
Sagik.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1965-70; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1971-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1972,
1980
(alternate).
Still living as of 1980.
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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; brother of Robert
Low Bacon; married, July 16,
1910, to Priscilla Toland.
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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George A. Bacon (b. 1869) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
27, 1869.
Son of Albert S. Bacon and Cynthia (Leonard) Bacon; married 1902 to Mabel
M. Sedgwick.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1910-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1920;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1917-18; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1924.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Luther Badger (1785-1869) —
of New York.
Born in Partridgefield (now Peru), Berkshire
County, Mass., April 10,
1785.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1825-27; Broome
County District Attorney, 1847-49.
Died in Jordan, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1869
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Jordan
Cemetery, Jordan, N.Y.
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Joseph Baerak —
of Massachusetts.
Socialist. Lawyer; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Arthur Baker (b. 1879) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass., June 25,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 8th District, 1933-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carroll H. Balcom —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1946, 1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Richard Baldwin (b. 1854) —
also known as John R. Baldwin —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., May 10,
1854.
Married, December
27, 1883, to Elizabeth A. Merritt.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Essex District, 1882-84; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1885-86.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Amos Bancroft (b. 1855) —
also known as William Bancroft —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 26,
1855.
Son of Charles B. Bancroft; married 1878 to Mary
Shaw.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1883-85; mayor
of Cambridge, Mass., 1893-97; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; president, Boston Elevated Railway
from 1899.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Laurence Harold Banks (b. 1897) —
also known as Laurence H. Banks —
of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
31, 1897.
Son of George T. Banks and Alice E. (Simmons) Banks.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1947-48; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1948-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952
(alternate), 1956.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Albert Banks (b. 1851) —
also known as Louis A. Banks —
Born in Corvallis, Benton
County, Ore., 1851.
Lawyer; minister;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1893; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1893.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816-1894) —
also known as Nathaniel P. Banks; "The Bobbin
Boy" —
of Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
30, 1816.
Son of Nathaniel P. Banks and Rebecca (Greenwood) Banks; married 1847 to Mary
Theodosia Palmer; second cousin once removed of Kate
Prentice Schley.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849-52; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1851; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1853-57, 1865-73, 1875-79,
1889-91 (7th District 1853-57, 6th District 1865-73, 5th District
1875-79, 1889-91); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1856-57; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1858-61; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1872;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1874.
Died in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
1, 1894 (age 78 years, 214
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Mass.
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James Madison Barker (1839-1905) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
23, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1872-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1882; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1891-1905.
Died in 1905
(age about
65 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Channing Barlow (1834-1896) —
also known as Francis C. Barlow; "The Boy
General" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
19, 1834.
Son of David Hatch Barlow and Almira (Penniman) Barlow; married, April 20,
1861, to Arabella Wharton Griffith (died 1864); married 1867 to Ellen
Shaw (c.1847-1936).
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of
state of New York, 1866-67; New York
state attorney general, 1872-73.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from "the grip" (influenza),
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1896 (age 61 years, 84
days).
Interment at Walnut
Street Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Daniel Dewey Barnard (1797-1861) —
also known as Daniel D. Barnard —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 16,
1797.
Son of Timothy Barnard and Phebe (Dewey) Barnard; married 1825 to Sara
Livingstone; married 1832 to
Catherine Walsh.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1827-29, 1839-45 (27th District
1827-29, 10th District 1839-43, 13th District 1843-45); member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1838; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1850-53.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 24,
1861 (age 63 years, 282
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Charles Benjamin Barnes, Jr. (b. 1868) —
also known as Charles B. Barnes —
of Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
1, 1868.
Son of Charles Benjamin Barnes and Clara (Page) Barnes; married 1897 to
Josephine Lea Low; father of Charles
Benjamin Barnes, Jr. (1900-1980).
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1908.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Benjamin Barnes, Jr. (1900-1980) —
also known as Charles B. Barnes, Jr. —
of Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass.; Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 18,
1900.
Son of Charles
Benjamin Barnes, Jr. (1868-?) and Josephine Lea (Low) Barnes;
married, June 15,
1929, to Phoebe Washburn.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1932.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1980
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Alfred Barnes (1882-1970) —
also known as Clarence A. Barnes —
of Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
28, 1882.
Son of William D. Barnes and Mabel F. (Harding) Barnes; married, March 13,
1906, to Helen V. Long (died 1915); married, October
8, 1927, to Doreen Kane.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1945-49; defeated, 1928, 1938, 1948;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital,
Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., May 25,
1970 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Leonard Barnes (1760-1812) —
also known as David L. Barnes —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., January
28, 1760.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1797-1801; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1801-12; died in office 1812.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
3, 1812 (age 52 years, 280
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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George L. Barnes (b. 1879) —
of South Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 24,
1879.
Son of John Barnes and Adelia A. (Graves) Barnes; married 1906 to Anna
Stetson.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904-06; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1911-12.
Congregationalist.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Neal Barney (1875-1949) —
also known as Charles N. Barney —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., June 27,
1875.
Grandson of Peter
Morrell Neal; son of William M. Barney and Mary L. (Neal) Barney;
married, June 27,
1901, to Maizie Blaikie.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1906-07; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1908;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1916.
Universalist.
Died April 24,
1949 (age 73 years, 301
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward P. Barry (b. 1864) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
28, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1907-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1914-15; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
10, 1847.
Son of William Osborne Bartlett (prominent lawyer); brother of Willard
Bartlett; married to Bertha Post.
Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1892,
1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1893-97; defeated
(Republican), 1896.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of a kidney
disorder, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 23,
1909 (age 61 years, 225
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Willard Bartlett (1846-1925) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
14, 1846.
Son of William Osborne Bartlett (prominent lawyer) and Agnes E. H.
(Willard) Bartlett; married, October
26, 1870, to Mary Fairbanks Buffum; brother of Franklin
Bartlett.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Elihu
Root, 1869-83 and 1917-24; drama
critic; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1884-1906; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1896-1906; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1906-16; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1913-16.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from heart
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
17, 1925 (age 78 years, 95
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Perkins Bass (1912-2011) —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1912.
Son of Robert
Perkins Bass and Edith Harland (Bird) Bass (1887-1950); married,
June
6, 1941, to Katharine Jackson (died 1972); married to Rosaly
Swann; brother of Robert
Perkins Bass, Jr.; father of Charles
Foster Bass.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Peterborough,
1939-43, 1947-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Peterborough, 1948; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1949-51; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1955-63;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1962; member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1964-.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
25, 2011 (age 99 years, 19
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Murray Bassett (1863-1948) —
also known as Edward M. Bassett —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Son of Charles R. Bassett and Elvira (Rogers) Bassett; married, May 14,
1890, to Annie R. Preston.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1903-05.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
7, 1948 (age 85 years, 243
days).
Interment at Ashfield
Plains Cemetery, Ashfield, Mass.
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Erastus Newton Bates (1828-1898) —
also known as Erastus N. Bates —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Centralia, Marion
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Plainfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
29, 1828.
First cousin of Erastus
N. Bates.
Delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1857; member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1857-58; lawyer; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1866-67; Illinois
state treasurer, 1869-73.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 29,
1898 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Isaac Chapman Bates (1779-1845) —
also known as Isaac C. Bates —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Granville, Hampden
County, Mass., January
23, 1779.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1808-09; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1827-35;
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1836,
1840;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839
(Temporary Chair; Convention Vice-President; speaker; member,
Committee to Notify Nominees); U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1841-45; died in office 1845.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 16,
1845 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at Bridge
Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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John Lewis Bates (1859-1946) —
also known as John L. Bates —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in North Easton, Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., September
18, 1859.
Son of Rev. Lewis Benton Bates and Louisa D. (Field) Bates; married,
July
12, 1887, to Clara Elizabeth Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-99; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1897-99; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1900-03; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1903-05; defeated, 1904; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19.
Methodist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 8,
1946 (age 86 years, 263
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Thomas Francis Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898) —
also known as Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
29, 1828.
Great-grandson of Richard
Bassett; grandson of James
Asheton Bayard, Sr.; nephew of Richard
Henry Bayard; son of James
Asheton Bayard, Jr. and Ann (Francis) Bayard; married 1856 to Louisa
Lee; married, November
7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father of Thomas
Francis Bayard, Jr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (who
married Joseph
Gardner Bradley) and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1853-54; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1880,
1884;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1892;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-97.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1898 (age 69 years, 334
days).
Interment at Old
Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Joseph Henry Beale (b. 1861) —
also known as Joseph H. Beale —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1861.
Son of Joseph H. Beale and Frances E. (Messinger) Beale; married, December
23, 1891, to Elizabeth C. Day.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Freemont Bean (b. 1857) —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bradford, Merrimack
County, N.H., March 24,
1857.
Son of Stephen Sibley Bean and Nancy E. (Colby) Bean; married, September
2, 1886, to E. Maria Blodgett.
Lawyer; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1890.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen Bean —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1923-24.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raoul H. Beaudreau (b. 1882) —
of Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 2,
1882.
Son of Evangeliste Beaudreau and Marie (Gregoire) Beaudreau.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1940.
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married, October
19, 1929, to Maxine Layne.
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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Jay Rogers Benton (b. 1885) —
also known as Jay R. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
18, 1885.
Son of Everett Chamberlain Benton and Willena (Rogers) Benton;
married, June 16,
1913, to Frances Hill.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1916;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-18; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1923-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Acacia; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolf Augustus Berle, Jr. (1895-1971) —
also known as Adolf A. Berle; A. A. Berle —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
29, 1895.
Son of Adolf Augustus Berle (born 1866; clergyman) and Augusta
(Wright) Berle; married, December
17, 1927, to Beatrice Bend Bishop; father of Peter
A. A. Berle.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; economist;
law
professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; U.S.
Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a stroke, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1971 (age 76 years, 19
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) —
also known as Francis Biddle —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born, in Paris, France,
of American parents, May 9,
1886.
Descendant of Edmund
Jenings Randolph; son of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances
(Robinson) Biddle; married, April 27,
1918, to Katherine Garrison Chapin (poet).
Democrat. Lawyer; personal secretary to U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1939-40; resigned
1940; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1940-41; U.S.
Attorney General, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1952.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
4, 1968 (age 82 years, 148
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Barnabas Bidwell (1763-1833) —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Tyringham (part now in Monterey), Berkshire
County, Mass., August
23, 1763.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1801-04; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1805-07;
resigned 1807; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1807-10.
Died in Kingston, Ontario,
July
27, 1833 (age 69 years, 338
days).
Interment at Cataraqui
Cemetery, Cataraqui, Ontario.
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Abijah Bigelow (1775-1860) —
of Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass.; Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Westminster, Worcester
County, Mass., December
5, 1775.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1807-09; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1810-15 (11th District
1810-13, at-large 1813-15).
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 5,
1860 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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John Black (d. 1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Massachusetts.
Lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854.
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Bernard Blair (1801-1880) —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1801.
Son of William Blair and Sally (Train) Blair; married to Charlotte
Lansing; third cousin of Austin
Blair; third cousin once removed of Charles
Austin Blair.
Whig. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1841-43.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880 (age 78 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Catherine C. Blake (b. 1950) —
of Maryland.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1950.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1985-86; U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1995-.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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John Lauris Blake, Jr. (1831-1899) —
also known as John L. Blake —
of Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 25,
1831.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1857; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1879-81.
Died in West Orange, Essex
County, N.J., October
10, 1899 (age 68 years, 199
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Henry Williams Blodgett (1821-1905) —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., July 21,
1821.
Married 1850
to Althea Crocker.
Surveyor;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1852-54; member of Illinois
state senate, 1858-62; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1870-92.
Died in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., February
9, 1905 (age 83 years, 203
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Taggard Blodgett (1859-1912) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 16,
1859.
Son of William Alfred Blodgett and Anna Maria (Taggard) Blodgett;
married, March 28,
1883, to Amelia Wilson Torrey (1856-1899); married, August
15, 1900, to Amy Lacy Bemiss.
Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1898-1900; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1900-03.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 293
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Reuben P. Boise (b. 1819) —
of Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Massachusetts, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Polk County, 1857;
justice
of Oregon state supreme court, 1859-72, 1876-80; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1862-64, 1868-70.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert James Bottomly (b. 1883) —
also known as Robert J. Bottomly —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
30, 1883.
Son of Charles S. Bottomly and Mary E. (McGaffey) Bottomly; married,
March
3, 1915, to Margaret D. Spencer.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (1855-1940) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
23, 1855.
Son of Jonathan Bourne.
Lawyer; mining
business; president, Bourne Cotton
Mills, New Bedford, Mass.; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1885-86, 1897; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1888,
1892;
member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1888-92; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1907-13; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
1, 1940 (age 85 years, 191
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) —
also known as Henry S. Boutell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 14,
1856.
Second great-grandson of Roger
Sherman; grandnephew of William
Maxwell Evarts; son of Lewis Henry Boutell and Anna (Greene)
Boutell; nephew of Roger
Sherman Greene; married, December
29, 1880, to Euphemia Lucia Clara Gates.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903,
9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1908;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law
professor.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy,
March
11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
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Harvey Lincoln Boutwell (b. 1860) —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Meredosia, Morgan
County, Ill., April 5,
1860.
Son of Eli Allen Boutwell and Harriet W. (Weeks) Boutwell; married,
December
28, 1886, to Nellie C. Booth.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1895-98.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Myer Bowers (1772-1846) —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
25, 1772.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1813.
Died in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
24, 1846 (age 73 years, 152
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) —
also known as Lloyd W. Bowers —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 9,
1859.
Son of Samuel Dwight Bowers (born 1825) and Martha Wheaton (Dowd)
Bowers (born 1834); married, September
7, 1887, to Louisa Bennett Wilson (died 1897; daughter of Thomas
Wilson); married 1906 to
Charlotte Josephine (Lewis) Watson; father of Martha Wheaton Bowers
(1889-1958; who married Robert
Alphonso Taft).
Lawyer; general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway,
1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1909-10; died in office 1910.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Died, from a heart
attack, while suffering from bronchitis,
in the Touraine Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
9, 1910 (age 51 years, 184
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Selwyn Zadock Bowman (1840-1928) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Cohasset, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 11,
1840.
Son of Zadock Bowman and Rosetta (Cram) Bowman; married, June 20,
1866, to Martha E. Tufts.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1870-71, 1873; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1879-83.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
30, 1928 (age 88 years, 142
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873) —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., August
16, 1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1838-40; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1844; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1847-49, 1868-69 (2nd
District 1847-49, 6th District 1868-69); delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1872-73; died in office 1873.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., November
20, 1873 (age 77 years, 96
days).
Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (b. 1856) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Orleans
County, Vt., December
30, 1856.
Son of David F. Boynton and Lydia (Roberts) Boynton; married, December
27, 1880, to Hattie L. Story.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892; mayor of
Everett, Mass., 1904, 1906-07; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1914-15; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1917-20.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Quincy Adams Brackett (1842-1918) —
also known as John Q. A. Brackett —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bradford, Merrimack
County, N.H., June 8,
1842.
Son of Ambrose S. Brackett and Nancy (Brown) Brackett; married, June 20,
1878, to Angie M. Peck.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1877-82, 1884-87; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1885-87; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1887-90; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1890-91; defeated, 1890; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892;
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1896,
1900.
Died April 6,
1918 (age 75 years, 302
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Bradford (1729-1808) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
4, 1729.
Father of Nancy Bradford (who married James
De Wolf); great-grandfather of James
DeWolf Perry; second great-grandfather of LeBaron
Bradford Colt.
Physician;
lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1764-65; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802; Speaker of
the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780,
1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; Deputy
Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-78; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., July 6,
1808 (age 78 years, 245
days).
Original interment at East
Burial Ground, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Luther Bradish (1783-1863) —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Cummington, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
15, 1783.
Son of Col. John Bradish and Hannah (Warner) Bradish; married 1814 to Helen
Elizabeth Gibbs; married 1839 to Mary
Eliza Hart.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member
of New
York state assembly from Franklin County, 1828-30, 1836-38; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1838; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1837-42; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1842.
Died, in Ocean House hotel,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
30, 1863 (age 79 years, 349
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry King Braley (1850-1929) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rochester, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 17,
1850.
Son of Samuel Tripp Braley and Mary A. (King) Braley; married, April 26,
1875, to Caroline Ward Leach.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1882-83; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1900-02; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1902-29.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1929
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) —
also known as Louis D. Brandeis —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
13, 1856.
Son of Adolph Brandeis (1822-1906) and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis
(1829-1901); brother of Fannie Brandeis (1850-1890; who married Charles
Nagel) and Alfred Brandeis (1854-1928; brother-in-law of Walter
M. Taussig); married, March 23,
1891, to Alice Goldmark (1866-1945).
Lawyer; law clerk to Justice Horace
Gray, 1879-80; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.
Jewish.
Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., and the Louis D. Brandeis
School of Law, in Louisville, Ky., are named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
5, 1941 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at University
of Louisville Law School, Louisville, Ky.
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Edmund John Brandon (b. 1894) —
also known as Edmund J. Brandon —
of Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 24,
1894.
Son of Edward John Brandon and Mary A. (Corcoran) Brandon; married,
July
20, 1925, to Anna Coleman McCarthy.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1939-46.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elisha Hume Brewster (1871-1946) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worthington, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
10, 1871.
Son of Charles K. Brewster and Celina S. (Baldwin) Brewster; married,
June
20, 1900, to Alice M. Thompson; married, June 28,
1906, to Jessie W. Cook.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-04; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1922-41; took senior status
1941.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 29,
1946 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Oxford, England.
Born in Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., June 17,
1919.
Son of Kingman Brewster and Florence Foster (Besse) Brewster; married
1942 to Mary
Louise Phillips.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; President
of Yale University, 1963-77; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1977-81.
Member, Common
Cause.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in John Radcliffe Hospital,
Oxford, England,
November
8, 1988 (age 69 years, 144
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, 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; married, April 20,
1915, to Dorothy Foss.
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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Stephen Gerald Breyer (b. 1938) —
also known as Stephen G. Breyer —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
15, 1938.
Married, September
4, 1967, to Joanna Hare.
Law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur
J. Goldberg, 1964-65; lawyer; law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1980-94; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1994-.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Samuel Willard Bridgham (1774-1840) —
also known as Samuel W. Bridgham —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Rehoboth (part now in Seekonk), Bristol
County, Mass., May 4,
1774.
Son of Dr. Joseph Bridgham and Martha Bridgham.
Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1826; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1832-40; died in office 1840.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
28, 1840 (age 66 years, 238
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) —
also known as George N. Briggs —
of Lanesboro, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 12,
1796.
Lawyer; Berkshire
County Register of Deeds, 1824-31; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-43 (9th District 1831-33,
7th District 1833-43); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1844-51; defeated (American), 1859; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1851-56; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853.
Killed by the accidental
discharge of a "fowling piece" (shotgun),
in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
11, 1861 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Vincent Lyons Broderick (1920-1995) —
also known as Vincent L. Broderick —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 26,
1920.
Son of Joseph Broderick.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1962; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1976-88;
took senior status 1988.
New York City Police Commissioner, 1965-66.
Died, of cancer, at
the Stanley R. Tippett Hospice,
Needham, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 3,
1995 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Morton Aaron Brody (1933-2000) —
also known as Morton A. Brody —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, June 12,
1933.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Maine, 1980-90; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1990-91; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1991-2000; died in office 2000.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 25,
2000 (age 66 years, 287
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincent Brogna (b. 1887) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Montefalcione, Italy,
May
14, 1887.
Son of Raffaele Brogna and Filomena (Selvitella) Brogna; married 1916 to Flora
Fopiano; married, May 15,
1922, to Louise M. Griffin.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1911; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-14, 1916-17; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916
(alternate), 1932;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1934.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
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; married, June 7,
1947, to Remigia Ferrari Scacco.
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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Wilmot W. Brookings (1830-1905) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, October
23, 1830.
Lawyer; in February 1858, he was out in a blizzard and lost both
feet; member
Dakota territorial council, 1862-63, 1867-69; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1868; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1863-66; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1864-65; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1869-73; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883, 1885.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1905
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Eli Brooks (1860-1916) —
also known as Franklin E. Brooks —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Sturbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., November
19, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado at-large, 1903-07.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., February
7, 1916 (age 55 years, 80
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Addison Brown (1830-1913) —
of New York.
Born in West Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., February
21, 1830.
Son of Addison Brown and Catherine Babson (Griffin) Brown; married
to Mary C. Barrett (died 1887); married 1893 to Helen
C. Gaskin.
Lawyer; botanist;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1881-1901;
retired 1901.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1913 (age 83 years, 47
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) —
also known as Henry B. Brown —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in South Lee, Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1836.
Son of Billings Brown and Mary (Tyler) Brown; married, July 13,
1864, to Caroline Pitts (died 1901); married, June 25,
1904, to Josephine E. Tyler.
Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1868; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1875-90; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1890-1906; resigned 1906.
Congregationalist.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
4, 1913 (age 77 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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James Barrett Brown (b. 1885) —
also known as James B. Brown —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., March 3,
1885.
Son of George Addison Brown and Flora (Pierce) Brown; married, July 30,
1913, to Grace Donaldson.
Republican. Lawyer; general counsel, Massachusetts Bankers
Association; special counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Reading; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1921-24; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Phineas Bruce (1762-1809) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., June 7,
1762.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-98, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1803-05.
Died in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
4, 1809 (age 47 years, 119
days).
Original interment at Old
Burying Ground, Uxbridge, Mass.; reinterment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Mass.
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John Alexander Bryan (1794-1864) —
also known as John A. Bryan —
of Ellicottville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Menasha, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Berkshire
County, Mass., April 13,
1794.
Father-in-law of John
B. Weller; father of Charles
Henry Bryan.
Lawyer; Ohio auditor
of state, 1833-39; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Peru, 1845.
Member, Freemasons.
One of the founders
of Bryan, Ohio.
Died in Menasha, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 24,
1864 (age 70 years, 41
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wis.
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Samuel J. Bryant (c.1852-1919) —
of Orange, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in West Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Orange, 1889-90, 1919; died
in office 1919; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died June 22,
1919 (age about 67
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elaine E. Bucklo (b. 1944) —
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1944.
Lawyer; law clerk, Judge Robert
Sprecher, 1972-73; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1994-.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Alexander Hamilton Bullock (1816-1882) —
also known as Alexander H. Bullock —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Royalston, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1816.
First cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Bullock; third cousin once removed of Nathaniel
Bullock; son of Rufus H. Bullock (1779-1858) and Sarah (Davis)
Bullock; fourth cousin of Richmond
Martin Bullock, Jonathan
Russell Bullock, Benjamin
Kimball Bullock and Isaac
Bullock; married, August
29, 1842, to Elvira Hazard; father of Fanny Bullock Workman
(1859-1925; mountain climber); grandfather of Chandler
Bullock.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1845-49, 1862-64; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1849; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1859; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1866-69.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
17, 1882 (age 65 years, 321
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Chandler Bullock (1872-1962) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1872.
First cousin five times removed of Stephen
Bullock; grandson of Alexander
Hamilton Bullock; son of Augustus George Bullock and Mary
(Chandler) Bullock; married, October
15, 1900, to Mabel Ellen Richardson.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1920
(alternate), 1944.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., 1962
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Bullock (1777-1867) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Mass., May 1,
1777.
Grandnephew of Stephen
Bullock; son of Samuel Bullock (1737-1821) and Silence (Bowen)
Bullock (1744-1825); married, October
12, 1812, to Ruth Smith (1792-1829); third cousin once removed of
Richmond
Martin Bullock, Alexander
Hamilton Bullock, Benjamin
Kimball Bullock and Isaac
Bullock; father of Jonathan
Russell Bullock; third cousin thrice removed of William
Johnson Bullock.
Lawyer; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1825-26; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1827-36; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1842-43.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., November
13, 1867 (age 90 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin D. Burdick (1903-1987) —
also known as Ben Burdick —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., July 2,
1903.
Brother of Irwin
H. Burdick.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1948,
1956,
1960
(alternate); member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1963-77; appointed 1963.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
5, 1987 (age 84 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tristam Burges (1770-1853) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Rochester, Plymouth
County, Mass., February
26, 1770.
Great-granduncle of Theodore
Francis Green.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1811; chief
justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1825-35; candidate for
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1836.
Died in East Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
13, 1853 (age 83 years, 229
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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Thomas M. Burke (b. 1898) —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., May 30,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1935-36; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Anson Burlingame (1820-1870) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Berlin, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
14, 1820.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1855-61; U.S.
Minister to China, 1861-67.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in St. Petersburg, Russia,
February
23, 1870 (age 49 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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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; married, June 15,
1912, to Selma Florence Smith.
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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Robert Tyng Bushnell (1896-1949) —
also known as Robert T. Bushnell —
of West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 9,
1896.
Son of Robert Stowe Bushnell and Mary Rockland (Tyng) Bushnell;
married, June 30,
1924, to Sylvia P. Folsom.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Middlesex
County District Attorney, 1927-31; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1941-45.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his suite at the Royalton Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1949 (age 53 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler; "The Bold and
Bilious Benjamin" —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
5, 1818.
Father of Blanche Butler (who married Adelbert
Ames); grandfather of Butler
Ames.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1867-75, 1877-79 (5th District
1867-73, 6th District 1873-75, 7th District 1877-79); defeated, 1874;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1883-84; defeated, 1859 (Democratic), 1860
(Democratic), 1878 (Butler Democrat), 1879 (Butler Democrat), 1883
(Democratic); Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Died while attending court
in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1893 (age 74 years, 67
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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William Morgan Butler (1861-1937) —
also known as William M. Butler —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
29, 1861.
Son of Rev. James D. Butler and Eliza B. (Place) Butler; married, July 15,
1886, to Minnie F. Norton (died 1905); married, January
1, 1907, to Mary Lothrop Webster.
Republican. Lawyer; president of cotton
mills; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1892-95; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1908,
1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1924-25; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1924-28; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26; defeated, 1926, 1930.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 29,
1937 (age 76 years, 59
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Allan Gordon Buttrick (b. 1876) —
of Lancaster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., March 16,
1876.
Son of Daniel W. Wood and Sarah P. Wood; adoptive son of George T.
Buttrick and Ellen M. Buttrick.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1905.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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