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William Cushing Wait (1860-1935) —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., December
18, 1860.
Son of Elijah Smith Wait and Eliza Ann (Hadley) Wait; married, January
1, 1889, to Edith Foote Wright.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1902-23; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1923-34.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in 1935
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert E. Waldron (b. 1920) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
25, 1920.
Married 1951
to Helen Miller.
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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Joseph Walker (b. 1865) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 13,
1865.
Son of Joseph Henry Walker and Hannah M. (Kelly) Walker; married, June 30,
1890, to Caroline Richmond.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904-09; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1909; candidate
for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1912 (Republican), 1914 (Progressive).
Burial
location unknown.
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Myron H. Walker (b. 1855) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass., January
17, 1855.
Son of Silas Walker, Jr. and Louisa (Everett) Walker; married 1888 to Nettie
Stevens.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1892; Prohibition candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1893; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1894 (Prohibition),
1902 (Democratic); Democratic candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1909; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1911; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1914-22; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Reuben Eugene Walker (b. 1851) —
also known as Reuben E. Walker —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
15, 1851.
Son of Abiel Walker and Mary (Powers) Walker; married 1875 to Mary
Elizabeth Brown.
Lawyer; Merrimack
County Solicitor, 1889-90; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1901-21; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Ignatius Walsh (1872-1947) —
also known as David I. Walsh —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.; Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., November
11, 1872.
Son of James Walsh and Bridget (Donnelly) Walsh.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1901-02; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1913-14; defeated, 1911; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1914-16; defeated, 1915; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-18; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1919-25, 1926-47; defeated, 1924,
1946.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died June 11,
1947 (age 74 years, 212
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Lancaster, Mass.
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Joseph Walsh (1875-1946) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
16, 1875.
Son of Michael H. Walsh and Abby A. (Norton) Walsh; married, September
12, 1901, to Katherine E. Duff.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1905; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1915-22;
resigned 1922; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1922-46.
Member, Eagles; Elks.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
13, 1946 (age 70 years, 28
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Joseph D. Ward (d. 2003) —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1949-56; secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1959-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1960; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1963-72.
Died in 2003.
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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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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George Washington Warren (1813-1883) —
of Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
1, 1813.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1838; mayor
of Charlestown, Mass., 1847-50; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1853-54.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 13,
1883 (age 69 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Henry Washburn (1866-1930) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., 1866.
Son of Edward Washburn and Ann Elizabeth (White) Washburn; married,
January
11, 1906, to Florence B. Lincoln.
Republican. Private secretary to Andrew
Dickson White; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Magdeburg, 1890-93; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, 1893-96; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; college
professor; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1920;
U.S. Minister to Austria, 1922-30, died in office 1930.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Vienna, Austria,
April
29, 1930 (age about 63
years).
Interment somewhere
in Middleboro, Mass.
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Sterry Robinson Waterman (1901-1984) —
also known as Sterry R. Waterman —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., June 12,
1901.
Second cousin four times removed of David
Waterman and Luther
Waterman; third cousin thrice removed of Elisha
Waterman and Thomas
Glasby Waterman; second cousin twice removed of William
Harrison Waterman; fourth cousin once removed of Alexander
Hamilton Waterman and Robert
Whitney Waterman; son of Zeno Sterry Waterman (born 1871) and
Sarah W. (Robinson) Waterman; married, May 13,
1932, to Frances Chadbourne Knight.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1936;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Sphinx; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1984
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Stephen Palfrey Webb (1804-1879) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March 20,
1804.
Lawyer; mayor of
Salem, Mass.; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1854-55.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., September
29, 1879 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Webster (1782-1852) —
also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the
Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the
Constitution" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack
County, N.H., January
18, 1782.
Son of Ebenezer Webster (1739-1806) and Abigail (Eastman) Webster
(1759-1836); married, May 29,
1808, to Grace Fletcher (1781-1828); second cousin twice removed
of Edwin
George Eastman.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate to
New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; Presidential
Elector for New Hampshire, 1820;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned
1827; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President
of the United States, 1836; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on the
$10
U.S. Note from the 1860s until the early 20th century.
Died in Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., October
24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280
days).
Interment at Winslow
Cemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at Scott
Circle, Washington, D.C.
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Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Daniel
Webster Wilder
— Daniel
W. Mills
— Daniel
W. Jones
— Daniel
Webster Comstock
— Daniel
Webster Waugh
— Daniel
Webster Heagy
— Daniel
W. Whitmore
— Daniel
W. Hamilton
— Daniel
W. Allaman
— Webster
Turner
— Dan
W. Turner
— Daniel
W. Hoan
— Daniel
W. Ambrose, Jr.
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| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Daniel Webster: Robert
Vincent Remini, Daniel
Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One
and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union —
Robert A. Allen, Daniel
Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current,
Daniel
Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism —
Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun |
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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.
Son-in-law of David
Josiah Brewer.
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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Frank L. Westover (b. 1853) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
17, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster;
insurance
business; Bay
County Clerk, 1895-98; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. (1899-1990) —
also known as Clifton R. Wharton —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 11,
1899.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Monrovia, 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Las Palmas, 1932-38; Ponta Delgada, 1945-47; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1958-60; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1961-64.
African
ancestry.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April 25,
1990 (age 90 years, 349
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Burton Kendall Wheeler (1882-1975) —
also known as Burton K. Wheeler —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1882.
Married 1907
to Lulu M. White.
Lawyer; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1913-18; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1923-47; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1920; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1932,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a stroke, in
1975
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Russell Whitman (b. 1861) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., January
18, 1861.
Son of William H. Whitman and Helen (Russell) Whitman; married, April 3,
1893, to Alice Mason Miller.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) —
also known as William C. Whitney —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., July 5,
1841.
Son of James
S. Whitney; grandfather of Cornelius
Vanderbilt Whitney and John
Hay Whitney.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1876;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89; established
the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894.
Died, following appendicitis
surgery, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1904 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Widgery (c.1753-1822) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Devon, England,
about 1753.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1787-93, 1795-97; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1788; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1794; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1806-07; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1811-13; common
pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1813-21.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 31,
1822 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (1891-1960) —
also known as Richard B. Wigglesworth —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 25,
1891.
Married, April 30,
1931, to Florence Joyes Booth.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-58 (14th District
1928-33, 13th District 1933-58); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1958-60, died in office 1960.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1960 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Kilborn Williams (1782-1853) —
also known as Charles K. Williams —
of Vermont.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
24, 1782.
Son of Samuel Williams (1743-1817) and Jane (Kilbourne) Williams
(1746-1829); married to Lucy Green Langdon (1793-1873; daughter of Chauncey
Langdon).
Whig. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1809-11, 1814-15, 1820-21, 1849;
major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Rutland
County State's Attorney, 1814-15; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1834-46; Governor of
Vermont, 1850-52.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March 9,
1853 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1894) —
also known as Robert C. Winthrop —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 12,
1809.
Second great-grandfather of John
Forbes Kerry.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835-40; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1838-40; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1840-42, 1842-50;
resigned 1842, 1850; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1847-49; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1850-51; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1851; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1852.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
16, 1894 (age 85 years, 188
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) —
also known as Jesse P. Wolcott —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., March 3,
1893.
Son of William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy (Paine) Wolcott;
married 1927
to Grace Sullivan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57.
Universalist
or Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Moose.
Died January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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David Woodcock (1785-1835) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly, 1814-15, 1826 (Seneca County 1814-15, Tompkins
County 1826); president, Cayuga Steamboat
Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23, 1827-29 (20th District
1821-23, 25th District 1827-29).
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
18, 1835 (age about 50
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847) —
of Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1795.
First cousin once removed of Alvan
Kidder.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Lawrence County Surrogate, 1821-24; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30; New York
state comptroller, 1829-34; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1844;
Governor
of New York, 1845-47; defeated, 1846.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $50
gold certificate from the 1880s until about 1913.
Died in Canton, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., August
27, 1847 (age 52 years, 95
days).
Interment at Silas
Wright Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.
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