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  David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) — also known as David A. Boody; "Grand Old Man of Brooklyn"; "Grand Old Man of Wall Street" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born, in a log cabin built by his father, in Jackson, Waldo County, Maine, August 13, 1837. Son of David Boody and Lucretia Boody. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; stockbroker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; resigned 1891; mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893. Presbyterian. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 20, 1930 (age 92 years, 160 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Alice H. Treat.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ernest L. Morrill (d. 1936) — of Saco, York County, Maine. Republican. Business executive; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1916 (alternate), 1920. Died in 1936. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine.
  Henry Prince Starrett (b. 1885) — also known as Henry P. Starrett — of Thomaston, Knox County, Maine; Dade City, Pasco County, Fla. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 14, 1885. Stenographer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Havana, 1907-11; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1914; Fort William, 1916; Port Arthur, 1916; Mombasa, 1917; Adelaide, 1919-20; Batavia, 1922; Belfast, 1924-26; U.S. Consul General in Genoa, 1929. Burial location unknown.

 

 


 
   
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