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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 16,
1863.
Son of Waldo Abbot and Julia (Holmes) Abbot.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Harry B. Albro (b. 1887) —
of Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Pontiac, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., January
21, 1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1948.
Member, Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Phineas Allen —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1864.
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Benjamin Harris Anthony (b. 1863) —
also known as Benjamin H. Anthony —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., August 1,
1863.
Son of Benjamin Anthony and Eliza Le Dieu (Coggeshall) Anthony.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Unitarian.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Appleton (1815-1864) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
11, 1815.
Son of John White Appleton (1780-1862) and Sophia (Williams) Appleton
(1786-1860).
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to
Russia, 1860-61.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
22, 1864 (age 49 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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John Denison Baldwin (1809-1883) —
also known as John D. Baldwin —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., September
28, 1809.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1847-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1863-69.
Congregationalist.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 8,
1883 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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John Rodney Ball (b. 1881) —
also known as J. Rodney Ball —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., June 17,
1881.
Son of Frank James Ball and Mary Graves (Mann) Ball.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; president, Lawrence Morris
Plan Bank;
vice-president, Essex Savings Bank;
director, Lawrence Cooperative Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine, Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Son of Helen Bailey (Graves) Ballantine (1882-1966) and Arthur Atwood
Ballantine (1883-1960).
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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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.
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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William Emerson Barrett (1858-1906) —
also known as William E. Barrett —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887-92; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1895-99;
defeated, 1893.
Died, from pneumonia,
in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
12, 1906 (age 47 years, 45
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
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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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Bruce Barton (1886-1967) —
also known as "Advertiser"; "The Advertising
King"; "The Great Repealer" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Robbins, Scott
County, Tenn., August 5,
1886.
Son of Rev. William E. Barton and Esther Treat (Bushnell) Barton.
Republican. Author;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1937-41; derided by
Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1940; a founder of the Batten, Barton,
Durstine and Osborn (BBDO) advertising
agency.
Congregationalist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1967 (age 80 years, 334
days).
Interment at Rock
Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Mass.
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Frank Arthur Bayrd (b. 1873) —
also known as Frank A. Bayrd —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., September
1, 1873.
Son of Capt. Arthur Bayrd and Adelaide (Breed) Bayrd.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904
(alternate), 1908,
1924;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1906-07.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene L. Belisle (b. 1859) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Canada,
March
15, 1859.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Limoges, 1906-24.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman Bernstein (1876-1935) —
Born in Russia,
September
21, 1876.
Son of David Bernstein and Marie (Elsohn) Bernstein.
Author;
translator;
journalist; founder and editor of The Day, Jewish daily
newspaper; published the "Willy-Nicky Correspondence," secret
telegrams between the Kaiser and the Czar, 1918; sued Henry
Ford for libel over anti-Semitic statements published in the
Dearborn Independent newspaper, and won a retraction; author of book
The History of a Lie (1921) which exposed "The Protocols of
the Elders of Zion" as fraudulent; U.S. Minister to Albania, 1930-33.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Zionist
Organization of America.
Died in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
31, 1935 (age 58 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Son of Albert
Jeremiah Beveridge and Catherine Spencer (Eddy) Beveridge
(1881-1970).
Republican. Newspaper reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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George Francis Booth (1870-1955) —
also known as George F. Booth —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
11, 1870.
Son of William Henry Booth and Eliza (Jackson) Booth.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1932,
1936,
1944.
Congregationalist
or Unitarian.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., September
1, 1955 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lee Brown (d. 1906) —
also known as William L. Brown —
of Montana; Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1872,
1876;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1875; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1884;
member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1890-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1893; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
Died in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
13, 1906.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Henrietta Jeffries. |
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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.
Son of Rufus H. Bullock (1779-1858) and Sarah (Davis) 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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Colin J. Cameron (1879-c.1958) —
of Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Barneys River, Nova
Scotia, August
24, 1879.
Son of Edward Cameron and Catherine Jane (MacKenzie) Cameron.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; printing
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1936; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944,
1952.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died about 1958 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Cameron and Catherine Jane (MacKenzie) Cameron; married, June 27,
1908, to Della Wingate; father of Catherine Wingate Cameron (who
married of Al Capp (1909-1979; cartoonist)). |
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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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George Harry Cohen (b. 1892) —
also known as George H. Cohen —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
5, 1892.
Son of Abraham L. Cohen and Sarah (Grodjiensky) Cohen.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; magazine editor;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Bernard Colpoys (1876-c.1944) —
also known as John B. Colpoys —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Massachusetts, June 17,
1876.
Son of William Colpoys and Margaret Colpoys.
Democrat. Publisher of weekly newspaper, The Trade
Unionist; president,
Washington (D.C.) Central Labor Union; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, 1934-44.
Died about 1944 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Arthur Coolidge (b. 1861) —
also known as Louis A. Coolidge —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
8, 1861.
Son of William L. Coolidge and Sarah Isabella (Washburn) Coolidge.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; private secretary to U.S.
Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, 1888-91; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Son of Charles Edson Cox and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928;
president, Old Colony Trust
Company; director, United Fruit Co.,
Revere Sugar Co.,
First National Bank of
Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper); board member,
Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Charles Thomas Daly (b. 1882) —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 12,
1882.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of Massachusetts
state senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1935-36.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822-1907) —
also known as Bancroft Davis —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
29, 1822.
Son of John
Davis.
Lawyer;
newspaper correspondent; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1869; U.S.
Minister to Germany, 1874-77; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1878-82; official reporter, U.S. Supreme
Court, 1883.
Died in 1907
(age about
84 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) —
also known as Gordon E. Dean —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
28, 1905.
Son of Rev. John Marvin Dean.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; law
professor; member, U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1950-53.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age 52 years, 230
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Sidney Dean (1818-1901) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.; Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
16, 1818.
Minister;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59;
newspaper editor; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1870-71.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1901 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at South
Cemetery, Warren, R.I.
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Samuel W. Dexter (1792-1863) —
of Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
18, 1792.
Son of Samuel
Dexter.
Newspaper publisher; Washtenaw
County Judge, 1826-27; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1831.
Died in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
6, 1863 (age 70 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Francis Dore (1881-1938) —
also known as John F. Dore —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1881.
Son of John F. Dore and Mary E. (Hudson) Dore.
Newspaper work; lawyer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1932-34, 1936-38.
Died, from complications of pneumonia
and influenza,
Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 18,
1938 (age 56 years, 128
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Minnie Ryan Dwight (1873-1957) —
also known as Minnie R. Dwight; Minnie
Ryan —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 22,
1873.
Daughter of Patrick Ryan and Catherine (Reilley) Ryan.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1920-34; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died July 31,
1957 (age 84 years, 39
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Bernardston, Mass.
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Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
15, 1764.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1806-07; member of
Connecticut
council of assistants, 1809-15.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1846 (age 81 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March 20,
1812.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 16,
1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March 29,
1868.
Son of Stephen Eaton and Mary D. (Parker) Eaton.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine editor; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (1907-1991) —
also known as Thomas H. Eliot —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 14,
1907.
Son of Samuel Atkins Eliot and Frances Stone (Hopkinson) Eliot.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944.
Unitarian.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
14, 1991 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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James Elliott (1775-1839) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.; Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.; Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., August
18, 1775.
Author;
poet; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1803-09; newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Windham
County Clerk of Court, 1817-35; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1837-38; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1837-39.
Died in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., November
10, 1839 (age 64 years, 84
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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George Chandler Fairbanks (1852-1931) —
also known as George C. Fairbanks —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1852.
Son of John
Brooks Fairbanks and Caroline (Cummings) Fairbanks (1824-1891).
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died April 23,
1931 (age 79 years, 107
days).
Interment at Dell
Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.
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Charles Dudley Blake Fisk (b. 1850) —
also known as Charles D. B. Fisk —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Hooksett, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
17, 1850.
Son of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk.
Clothing
merchant; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1905, 1907; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of William
Fisk; grandson of Ezra
Fisk; son of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk; married to
Susan E. Sparhawk. See Fisk
family of Massachusetts. |
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Richard Frothingham (1812-1880) —
of Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., January
31, 1812.
Son of Richard Frothingham and Mary (Thompson) Frothingham.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1842, 1849-50; mayor
of Charlestown, Mass., 1851-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1852,
1876.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
29, 1880 (age 67 years, 363
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Ambrose Gallivan (1866-1928) —
also known as James A. Gallivan —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1866.
Son of James S. Gallivan and Mary (Flynn) Gallivan.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1914-28; died in
office 1928; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1917.
Staunch opponent of alcohol prohibition.
Died, from heart
disease, in Ring Hospital,
Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 3,
1928 (age 61 years, 164
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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James H. Gray (1915-1986) —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 17,
1915.
Democrat. Editor and publisher of the Albany Herald newspaper;
owner of WALB radio and
television stations; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1960; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1966; mayor of
Albany, Ga., 1974-86; died in office 1986.
The James H. Gray Civic Center in Albany is named for
him.
Died, following a heart
attack, at the New England Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
19, 1986 (age 71 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Cleair Ranger. |
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Archibald Henry Grimké (b. 1849) —
also known as Archibald H. Grimké —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
17, 1849.
Son of Henry Grimké and Nancy (Weston) Grimké.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Santo Domingo, 1894-98.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Curtis Guild, Jr. (1860-1915) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
2, 1860.
Son of Curtis Guild (born 1827) and Sarah C. Guild.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1884; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1903-06; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1906-09; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1908;
U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1911-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Forestry Association.
In 1907, John A. Steele came to the State House with a revolver, and
attempted
to kill Gov. Guild; he was subdued and arrested after shooting
two people.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 6,
1915 (age 55 years, 63
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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John William Haigis (1881-1960) —
also known as John W. Haigis —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., July 31,
1881.
Son of John Haigis and Elizabeth (Hildebrandt) Haigis.
Republican. Founder, editor, and publisher of the Greenfield
Recorder newspaper; banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1915-16, 1923-26; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1929-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1940;
trustee of the University of Massachusetts, 1940-56; owner and
operator of radio
station WHAI.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in 1960
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Green
River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John Haigis and Elizabeth (Hildebrandt) Haigis; married, December
3, 1913, to Rose Luippold (died 1920); married, December
3, 1942, to Alice G. Whelan. |
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Charles Hale (c.1831-1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born about 1831.
Newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1856-60, 1875-76; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1859; U.S.
Consul in Alexandria, 1864-71; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1871-72; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1872-75.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 2,
1882 (age about 51
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lemuel C. Hall (b. 1874) —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., December
13, 1874.
Son of Gershom Hall and Sophie Louise (Parker) Hall.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1927-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Son of Alpheus Hardy and Susan W. (Holmes) Hardy.
Civil
engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, 1893-95; U.S. Minister
to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March 14,
1930 (age 82 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elihu Burritt Hayes (1848-1903) —
also known as Elihu B. Hayes —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in West Lebanon, York
County, Maine, April 26,
1848.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighteenth Essex District; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1892-93.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., April 1,
1903 (age 54 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward E. Hicken (b. 1876) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., April 20,
1876.
Son of George B. Hicken and Eleanor J. (Marshall) Hicken.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) —
also known as Frank H. Hitchcock —
of Massachusetts; Arizona.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
5, 1867.
Son of Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris) Hitchcock.
Republican. Lawyer; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1908-09; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1909-13; newspaper publisher; member
of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
25, 1935 (age 67 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Lewis R. Hovey (b. 1874) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., May 17,
1874.
Son of Benjamin Lewis Hovey and Mae S. (Peaslee) Hovey.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; printer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank E. Howe (b. 1870) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Heath, Franklin
County, Mass., October
2, 1870.
Son of Edmund Perry Howe (1838-1885) and Laura A. (Worden) Howe.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) —
of Ohio; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio, March 1,
1837.
Son of William Cooper Howells and Mary (Dean) Howells.
U.S. Consul in Rome, 1861; Venice, 1861-65; author;
editor, Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1872-81.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1920 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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John James Ingalls (1833-1900) —
also known as John J. Ingalls —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Middleton, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state senate, 1862; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1862, 1864; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.
Died in Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., August
16, 1900 (age 66 years, 230
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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John Stocker Coffin Knowlton (1798-1871) —
also known as John S. C. Knowlton —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
11, 1798.
Son of Daniel Knowlton and Mary (Stocker) Knowlton.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1853; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1853-54; Worcester
County High Sheriff, 1856-71.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 10,
1871 (age 72 years, 181
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) —
also known as Frank Knox —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1920;
candidate for nomination for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1924; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Washington,
D.C., April 28,
1944 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James McLellan Langley (1894-1968) —
also known as James M. Langley —
of Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
11, 1894.
Son of Frank
Elmer Langley and Mary Bradford (McLellan) Langley.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1930; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1938;
president, Concord Hospital,
1944-50; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Bow, 1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1957-59.
Died in 1968
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Grasse Lewis (b. 1886) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Dighton, Bristol
County, Mass., December
25, 1886.
Newspaper work; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985) —
of Beverly, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., July 5,
1902.
Son of George Cabot Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth
Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1937-44, 1947-53; resigned 1944;
defeated, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative to
United Nations, 1953-60; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, 1963-64, 1965-67; , 1967-68; Germany, 1968-69; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964.
Died in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
27, 1985 (age 82 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Willfred Weymouth Lufkin (1879-1934) —
also known as Willfred W. Lufkin —
of Essex, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Essex, Essex
County, Mass., March 10,
1879.
Son of Alvin P. Lufkin and Ida (Herrick) Lufkin.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; private secretary to U.S.
Rep. Augustus
P. Gardner, 1902-17; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1917-21; resigned
1921; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1932.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 28,
1934 (age 55 years, 18
days).
Interment at Essex
Cemetery, Essex, Mass.
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George Makela —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Finland.
Socialist. Journalist; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Miltoun Mansfield (b. 1871) —
also known as Francis M. Mansfield; Francis
Miltoun —
of Paris, France.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., February
14, 1871.
Newspaper correspondent; author;
U.S. Consular Agent in Toulon, 1909-11; U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1913-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1898
to Blanche McManus. |
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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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William F. McCarthy (b. 1902) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
9, 1902.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Middlesex District, 1935-36.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Charles Monaghan (1857-1917) —
also known as James C. Monaghan —
of Rhode Island; New Jersey.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
11, 1857.
Son of James Monaghan and Mary Ann Brown (O'Neill) Monaghan.
Newspaper editor; university
professor; U.S. Consul in Mannheim, 1885-90; Chemnitz, 1893-1900; Kingston, 1914-17.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
12, 1917 (age 60 years, 32
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Cumberland, R.I.
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Relatives: Son
of James Monaghan and Mary Ann Brown (O'Neill) Monaghan; nephew by
marriage of John
Ryan; married, June 12,
1892, to Dorothy T. Ryan. |
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Malcolm E. Nichols (1876-1951) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 8,
1876.
Son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen J. G. (Pingree) Nichols.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1914, 1917-19; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1926-29; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941.
Swedenborgian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1951 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962) —
also known as Joseph C. O'Mahoney —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1884.
Son of Dennis O'Mahoney and Elizabeth (Sheehan) O'Mahoney.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; vice-chair of
Wyoming Democratic Party, 1922-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1929-34; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934-53, 1954-61; defeated, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
1, 1962 (age 78 years, 26
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Walter L. Ramsdell (b. 1860) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, 1860.
Journalist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1894 (People's),
1898 (Democratic); mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1897-98.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milton Reed (1848-1932) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., October
1, 1848.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1884.
Died September
18, 1932 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Burton Reynolds (b. 1870) —
also known as James B. Reynolds —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
17, 1870.
Son of John H. Reynolds and Sarah C. (Morgan) Reynolds.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
speaker, 1916;
secretary
of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1896-1905; U.S. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1905-09; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1912-16.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elliott Verne Richardson (1868-1929) —
also known as Elliott V. Richardson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., March 4,
1868.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Sydney, 1910-16; U.S. Consul in Moncton, 1916-17; Punta Arenas, 1918; Quebec City, 1918-19; Karachi, 1919-21, 1925-28; Coblenz, 1921-22; Berlin, 1922-23; Pernambuco, 1923-24.
Died in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 27,
1929 (age 61 years, 115
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Addison Russell (1852-1902) —
also known as Charles A. Russell —
of Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1852.
Republican. Newspaper editor; woollen
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1883; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1885-87; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1887-1902; died in
office 1902.
Died in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., October
23, 1902 (age 50 years, 235
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Dayville, Killingly, Conn.
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Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) —
also known as "The Senator for the Southern Pacific
Railroad" —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
28, 1827.
Son of Aaron Peaslee Sargent and Elizabeth (Stanwood) Sargent.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large
1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1882-84.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 1887 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment somewhere
in Nevada City, Calif.
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James M. Shepard (b. 1842) —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
24, 1842.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan
state senate, 1879-80; U.S. Consul in Hamilton, 1897-1914.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Carver Southard (b. 1854) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, April 1,
1854.
Son of William Lewis Southard and Linda Carver (Dennis) Southard.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1888-94; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1895-96; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Henry Taylor (b. 1846) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 14,
1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1872; editor and manager, Boston
Globe newspaper, from 1873.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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