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Robert Shillingford Babcock (1915-1985) —
also known as Robert S. Babcock —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 22,
1915.
Son of Oliver M. Babcock and Martha (Shillingford) Babcock.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
university professor; member of Vermont
state senate, 1951-54, 1957-58; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1959-61; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1960; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1977-81.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association.
Died in Yuma, Yuma
County, Ariz., September
1, 1985 (age 70 years, 41
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund Hatch Bennett (1824-1898) —
also known as Edmund H. Bennett —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., April 6,
1824.
Son of Milo Lyman Bennett and Abigail (Hatch) Bennett.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Massachusetts, 1858; mayor of
Taunton, Mass., 1865-67; resigned 1867; law professor.
Episcopalian.
Died January
2, 1898 (age 73 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter H. Crockett (b. 1870) —
of Colchester, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Colchester, Chittenden
County, Vt., June 26,
1870.
Republican. Lecturer; editor of university publications;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1912;
member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1927.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jay Gordon (1930-2007) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born October
10, 1930.
Democrat. Accountant;
Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1965-68; university professor.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; American
Legion.
Killed, along with his wife, in a house fire,
in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., December
4, 2007 (age 77 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward John Phelps (1822-1900) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., July 11,
1822.
Son of Samuel
Shethar Phelps.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1880; law professor; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1885-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1900
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Willoughby Smith (1870-1947) —
also known as Alfred W. Smith —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
of American parents, September
22, 1870.
Son of Timothy
Clark Smith and Kathleen (Crout) Smith.
Lawyer;
lecturer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Odessa, 1906-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Moscow, 1914.
Died, of pulmonary
tuberculosis, in the Vermont Sanatorium,
Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., March 14,
1947 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Joseph Wade (1861-1931) —
also known as Martin J. Wade —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., October
20, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 8th District, 1893-1903; law professor;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1903-05; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904;
speaker, 1912;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1912; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, 1915-31; died
in office 1931.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 16,
1931 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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George Willard (1824-1901) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Bolton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 20,
1824.
Son of Allen Willard and Eliza (Barron) Willard.
Republican. Episcopal
priest; college professor; newspaper
editor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-62; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1864-73; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District,
1867-68; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1873-77.
Episcopalian.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 26,
1901 (age 77 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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John Hopkins Worcester, Jr. (1845-1893) —
also known as John H. Worcester —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 2,
1845.
Son of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester.
Republican. Pastor,
Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary,
1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309
days).
Interment somewhere
in Burlington, Vt.
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