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Nathaniel Peabody (1741-1823) —
of Atkinson, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Topsfield, Essex
County, Mass., March 1,
1741.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-85,
1787-90, 1793-96; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779-80, 1785; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1782-83; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1784-86; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1785-86, 1790-93.
Confined
in a debtor's
prison
for about twenty years.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 27,
1823 (age 82 years, 118
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nehemiah George Ordway (1828-1907) —
also known as Nehemiah G. Ordway —
of Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
10, 1828.
Republican. New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1860; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Warner, 1875-77;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1879-80; Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1880-84.
Indicted
on corruption
charges
in 1883; his criminal trial in
1884 was cut short by a jurisdiction ruling; removed from
office by President Arthur.
Died July 1,
1907 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Son of Clyde A. Adams and Winnie Marian (Sherman) Adams.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange; Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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David A. Brock (b. 1936) —
of Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in 1936.
U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1969-72; superior court judge in New
Hampshire, 1976-78; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1978-86; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1986-.
Impeached
in 2000 by the New Hampshire House of Representatives on several
charges including improperly influencing a lower court judge and
lying to a legislative committee; acquitted by the New Hampshire
Senate.
Still living as of 2000.
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W. Stephen Thayer III (b. 1946) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in 1946.
U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1981-84; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1986-2000.
Allegedly asked Chief Justice David
A. Brock not to appoint a certain lower court judge to a panel of
judges that would hear the appeal of his divorce case; following an
investigation, he was forced to
resign in 2000 from the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Still living as of 2000.
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John T. Broderick, Jr. (b. 1947) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in 1947.
Justice
of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1995-.
Investigated
in 2000 by the Judiciary Committee of the New Hampshire House of
Representatives in connection with the charges against Chief Justice
David
A. Brock and Justice W.
Stephen Thayer III, but articles of impeachment
against him were rejected by the House. Arrested
in October 2000 for assault
against his 30-year-old son. but charges were dropped.
Still living as of 2001.
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Sherman D. Horton, Jr. (b. 1931) —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in 1931.
Justice
of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1990-2000.
Investigated
in 2000 by the Judiciary Committee of the New Hampshire House of
Representatives in connection with the charges against Chief Justice
David
A. Brock and Justice W.
Stephen Thayer III, but articles of impeachment
against him were rejected by the House.
Still living as of 2000.
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