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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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Willard Brooks Tanner (1858-1946) —
also known as Willard B. Tanner —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1858.
Son of Oscar A. Tanner and Agnes E. (Brooks) Tanner; married, October
12, 1886, to Annie Tingley Dunlop.
Republican. Lawyer; Rhode
Island state attorney general, 1897-1902; superior court judge in
Rhode Island, 1905-29.
Died, in Rhode Island Hospital,
Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 21,
1946 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857) —
of Ohio.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 25,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate from Trumbull County, 1803-04; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1816-23;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1826; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1832;
U.S.
District Judge for Ohio, 1833; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1839-45.
Censured
by the Senate on May 10, 1844, over his disclosure
to the New York Evening Post of a secret
message from President John
Tyler outlining terms for the annexation of Texas.
Died in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, April 20,
1857 (age 83 years, 330
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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John Kemble Tarbox (1838-1887) —
also known as John K. Tarbox —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Methuen, Essex
County, Mass., May 6,
1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,
1864;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1868, 1870-71; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1872; mayor
of Lawrence, Mass., 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1875-77.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1887 (age 49 years, 22
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass.
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Charles Taylor Tatman (b. 1871) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
16, 1871.
Son of Reuben James Tatman and Susan M. (Taylor) Tatman; married, August
28, 1901, to Anna C. Svedberg.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1899-1900.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Amos Leavitt Taylor (b. 1877) —
also known as Amos L. Taylor —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Danbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
22, 1877.
Son of Frank Leavitt Taylor and Nellie Jane (Martin) Taylor; married,
June
16, 1906, to Myra Lillian Fairbank (died 1944); married to
Caroline W. Dudley.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1932;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1924-49; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1927-28; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1929-32.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John James Taylor (1808-1892) —
also known as John J. Taylor —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., April 27,
1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1853-55; defeated,
1850; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1858; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1864.
Died in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 1,
1892 (age 84 years, 65
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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John Randolph Thayer (1845-1916) —
also known as John R. Thayer —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass., March 9,
1845.
Son of Mowry R. Thayer and Harriet (Morse) Thayer; married, January
30, 1873, to Charlotte Holmes (1847-1925).
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Arthur
P. Rugg; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1880-82; candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1887; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1899-1905;
defeated, 1892.
Died December
19, 1916 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Robert Helyer Thayer (1901-1984) —
also known as Robert H. Thayer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., September
22, 1901.
Third great-grandson of Samuel
Alleyne Otis; second great-grandson of Harrison
Gray Otis; grandnephew of James
Otis; son of William Greenough Thayer (1863-1934) and Violet
(Otis) Thayer (1871-1962); married, December
26, 1926, to Virginia Pratt (1905-1979; daughter of Ruth
Baker Pratt).
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1946; U.S. Minister
to Romania, 1955-57.
Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Audubon
Society.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1984 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Southborough
Rural Cemetery, Southborough, Mass.
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John F. Tierney (b. 1951) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., September
18, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1997-; defeated,
1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Nicola S. Tsongas (b. 1946) —
also known as Niki Tsongas —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chico, Butte
County, Calif., April 26,
1946.
Married to Paul
Efthemios Tsongas.
Democrat. Social
worker; lawyer; dean of
external affairs, Middlesex Community College, 1997-2007; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 2007-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Humphrey Tucker (b. 1923) —
also known as William H. Tucker —
of Harwich Port, Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
8, 1923.
Son of William H. Tucker and Marion (Thomas) Tucker; married, June 19,
1948, to Caroline E. Aitken.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1961-67.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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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; married, August
16, 1941, to Virginia Wells.
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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Earle Stanley Tyler (b. 1896) —
also known as Earle S. Tyler —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cherryfield, Washington
County, Maine, December
18, 1896.
Son of Samuel H. Tyler and Ida P. (Grant) Tyler; married, June 30,
1925, to Elizabeth Parker.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1945-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Baxter Upham (1768-1848) —
also known as George B. Upham —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., December
27, 1768.
Brother of Jabez
Upham; cousin of Charles
Wentworth Upham; father of James
Phineas Upham.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1801-03; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1804-13, 1815; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1809, 1815;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1814-15.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., February
10, 1848 (age 79 years, 45
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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James H. Vahey (b. 1871) —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1907; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1908, 1909; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924;
Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1949.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Vose (1763-1841) —
of Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., February
24, 1763.
Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1809-11, 1812-13; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1818; common pleas
court judge in New Hampshire, 1818-20.
Died in Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
26, 1841 (age 78 years, 244
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Walpole, N.H.
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