| | 
Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Keene, Albemarle
County, Va., August 9,
1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Charles Foster Bass (b. 1952) —
also known as Charles F. Bass; Charlie
Bass —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1952.
Son of Perkins
Bass.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Rep. William
S. Cohen, 1974; staff for U.S. Rep David
F. Emery, 1975-79; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1982-88; delegate to
New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1984; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1995-; defeated
in primary, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| |
Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) —
also known as Augustus W. Bennet —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1897.
Son of William
Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 5,
1983 (age 85 years, 241
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, N.Y.
|
| |
Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz)
Burton.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange;
Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
|
| |
Edwin O. Childs (b. 1876) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
10, 1876.
Son of Edwin O. Childs and Caroline A. (Chaffin) Childs.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1914-29, 1936-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Charles Russell Clason (1890-1985) —
also known as Charles R. Clason —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
3, 1890.
Son of Oliver
Barrett Clason and Lizzie Julia (Trott) Clason.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1937-49;
defeated, 1934, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 7,
1985 (age 94 years, 307
days).
Interment at Longmeadow
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
|
| |
Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Son of George Henry Coffin and Jane Clifford (Guild) Coffin.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car
Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed Steel
Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car
Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil Refining
Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company,
1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
|
| |
William Warren Davis (1862-1941) —
also known as William W. Davis —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 8,
1862.
Son of William Davis and Adelia Merriam (Carter) Davis.
Republican. Hotel
manager; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1895-96; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1897-98; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1900
(alternate), 1904;
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1924.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arcanum; Rotary.
Died September
21, 1941 (age 79 years, 44
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
James Augustine Donovan (b. 1889) —
also known as James A. Donovan —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., August
25, 1889.
Son of James Donovan and Margaret (Sullivan) Donovan.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916
(alternate), 1924,
1928
(alternate); delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Proctor Lambert Dougherty (b. 1873) —
also known as Proctor L. Dougherty —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1873.
Son of M. Angelo Dougherty and Mary Elizabeth (Proctor) Dougherty.
Republican. Engineer;
Manager, Otis Elevator Co., 1919-26; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1926-30.
Congregationalist;
later Unitarian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Joseph B. Grossman (b. 1892) —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 15,
1892.
Republican. Building
materials merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1927-28; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 2nd District, 1933-36.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;
defeated, 1946.
Congregationalist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
|
| |
Charles Pagelsen Howard (1887-1967) —
also known as Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
26, 1887.
Son of Herbert Burr Howard and Emily (Pagelsen) Howard.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
president, Blackstone Savings
Bank, Boston, 1940-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1967
(age about
79 years).
Interment somewhere
in Reading, Mass.
|
| |
William Stuart Howe (b. 1890) —
also known as William S. Howe —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 16,
1890.
Son of William Saddler Howe and Lillian Florence (Howe) Howe.
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Hankow, 1917; plumbing
and heating business; director, Somerville Coop Bank;
trustee, Somerville Hospital;
candidate for mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1929; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1934, 1936;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married 1922
to Alice C. Bullock. |
|
| |
W. Irving Lewis (born c.1882) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., about 1882.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1934; defeated,
1934.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married 1905
to Elsie Walker. |
|
| |
John D. MacKay (b. 1872) —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Canada,
April
7, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk District, 1930-36.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
John Joseph Maginnis —
also known as John J. Maginnis —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; oil and
coal dealer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1948.
Unitarian.
Member, Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
William Jennings Miller (1899-1950) —
also known as William J. Miller —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., March 12,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1939-41, 1943-45,
1947-49; defeated, 1940, 1944, 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Injured in an airplane crash in 1918 and lost both
legs.
Died in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., November
22, 1950 (age 51 years, 255
days).
Interment at Jordan
Cemetery, Waterford, Conn.
|
| |
Bertram Oldroyd Moody (b. 1891) —
also known as Bertram O. Moody —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
5, 1891.
Son of Ernest Moody and Grace (Oldroyd) Moody.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Alvertus Jackson Morse (1930-2011) —
also known as Jack Morse —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.; Pelham, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
16, 1930.
Son of Alvertus D. Morse and Drucilla Morse.
Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Northampton, Mass., 1963; district judge in Massachusetts,
1973-97.
Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Died in Pelham, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
23, 2011 (age 80 years, 341
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
William John Orchard (b. 1888) —
also known as William J. Orchard —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1888.
Son of Edward Orchard and Elizabeth (Sayce) Orchard.
Republican. Sanitary
engineer; business
executive; president, Orange Memorial Hospital;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Kenneth G. Prettie (b. 1903) —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
12, 1903.
Son of Richard Prettie and Cora (Stebens) Prettie.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Hillsdale
District, 1961-62; circuit
judge in Michigan 1st Circuit, 1977.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dover, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
1, 1892.
Son of Richard Middlecott Saltonstall and Eleanor (Brooks)
Saltonstall.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1923-37; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1929-37;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1972;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1936; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1939-45; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1945-67.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Dover, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 17,
1979 (age 86 years, 289
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
|
| |
Henry Odin Tilton (b. 1885) —
also known as Henry O. Tilton —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 1,
1885.
Son of Josiah Odin Tilton and Hattie (French) Tilton.
Republican. Electrical
engineer;
local sales manager, General Electric; director, Stratton and Co.,
Concord, N.H.; director, New England Confectionary
Co., Cambridge, Mass.; candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1933; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) —
also known as Charles W. Tobey —
of Temple, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 22,
1880.
Son of William H. Tobey and Ellen Hall (Parker) Tobey.
Republican. President, F. M. Hoyt Shoe
Company; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20,
1923-24; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1953 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Miller
Cemetery, Temple, N.H.
|
| |
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.
Son of Zeno Sterry Waterman (born 1871) and Sarah W. (Robinson)
Waterman.
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.
|
| |
Frederick August Westphal (b. 1895) —
also known as Fred A. Westphal —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., June 15,
1895.
Son of Peter John C. Westphal and Anna W. (Glesmann) Westphal.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
steel
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Navy
League; Military
Order of the World Wars; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married, June 24,
1922, to Olive Mitchell M. Blackman. |
|
![[Amazon.com]](http://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)