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Politician members in New Hampshire


  Blaylock Atherton (b. 1900) — of Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 6, 1900. Son of Capt. Henry B. Atherton and Dr. Ella (Blaylock) Atherton. Republican. Insurance business; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Nashua 1st Ward, 1937-43, 1945-48; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1943-45. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 6, 1924, to Katherine E. Bremner.
  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.
  Relatives: Grandson of Robert Perkins Bass; son of Perkins Bass; nephew of Robert Perkins Bass, Jr.. See Bass family of New Hampshire.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
  Oliver Winslow Branch (b. 1879) — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 4, 1879. Son of Oliver Ernesto Branch and Sarah Maria (Chase) Branch. Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1913-26; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1926-46; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1946-49. Congregationalist. Member, Rotary; Delta Upsilon; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, November 23, 1910, to Isabel Dow Hogle.
  James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) — also known as James C. Cleveland — of New London, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., June 13, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Grange; Rotary; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles. Died December 3, 1995 (age 75 years, 173 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Norris H. Cotton (1900-1989) — also known as Norris Cotton — of Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Warren, Grafton County, N.H., May 11, 1900. Son of Henry Lang Cotton and Elizabeth (Moses) Cotton. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1923, 1943-45; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1945; secretary to U.S. Sen. George H. Moses, 1924-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944 (alternate), 1952; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1947-54; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74, 1975. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi. Died February 24, 1989 (age 88 years, 289 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Lang Cotton and Elizabeth (Moses) Cotton; married, May 11, 1927, to Ruth Isaacs; married 1980 to Eleanor Brown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Harold King Davison (b. 1893) — also known as Harold K. Davison — of Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H., April 12, 1893. Son of Lewis E. Davison and Anna (King) Davison. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1921-28; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1927-28; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1929-30; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 1st District, 1939-40; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940; municipal judge in New Hampshire, 1940; New Hampshire Republican state chair, 1943-44. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, July 21, 1920, to Gladys M. Batchelder.
  Thomas F. Dwyer (1881-1936) — of Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Waterbury, Washington County, Vt., November 20, 1881. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1916. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Rotary. Died in Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H., March 30, 1936 (age 54 years, 131 days). Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
  Hugh Gregg (1917-2003) — of Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 22, 1917. Son of Harry A. Gregg and Margaret R. (Richardson) Gregg. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; mayor of Nashua, N.H., 1950; Governor of New Hampshire, 1953-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1988. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Rotary. Died in 2003 (age about 85 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Harry A. Gregg and Margaret R. (Richardson) Gregg; married, July 24, 1940, to Catherine M. Warner; father of Judd Alan Gregg.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Albert D. Leahy (1903-1994) — of Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., March 3, 1903. Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Claremont 2nd Ward, 1948. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Rotary. Died, in a nursing home at Unity, Sullivan County, N.H., March 1, 1994 (age 90 years, 363 days). Interment at Union Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
  Eaton Dudley Sargent (1870-1944) — also known as Eaton D. Sargent — of Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Bradford, Orange County, Vt., August 13, 1870. Democrat. Mayor of Nashua, N.H., 1924-27; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1926, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1930. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died of heart failure while pruning an orange tree, in Crescent City, Putnam County, Fla., March 27, 1944 (age 73 years, 227 days). Interment at Edgewood Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
  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.
  Relatives: Married, June 4, 1902, to Francelia M. Lovett (died 1947).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography

 

 


 
   
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