| |  Charles Montague Bakewell (1867-1957) — also known asCharles M. Bakewell — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,April24, 1867.Republican.Universityprofessor; member ofConnecticutstate senate 8th District, 1921-24; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1932(alternate),1936(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee);U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1934.Member,Beta Theta Pi;Freemasons;Elks;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,September19, 1957 (age90 years, 148days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Austin Dunham Barney (1896-1971) — also known asAustin D. Barney — of Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November7, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;firstselectman of Farmington, Connecticut, 1926-27; member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1940; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1940;president, HartfordElectricLight Co.Member,AmericanLegion;Beta Theta Pi;Freemasons.DiedMay 8,1971 (age74 years, 182days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Farmington, Conn. | | John Anthony Danaher (1899-1990) — also known asJohn A. Danaher — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Portland,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January9, 1899.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;secretaryof state of Connecticut, 1933-35;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1939-45; defeated, 1944; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,1944;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1953-.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Grange;Beta Theta Pi.Died inLitchfieldCounty, Conn.,September22, 1990 (age91 years, 256days).Interment atSacredHeart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn. | | William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) — also known asWilliam O. Douglas — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Goose Prairie,YakimaCounty, Wash.Born in Maine,Otter TailCounty, Minn.,October16, 1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;lawprofessor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1948.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;UnitedWorld Federalists;American BarAssociation;Beta Theta Pi;PhiAlpha Delta;DeltaSigma Rho;PhiBeta Kappa.Died inWashington,D.C.,January19, 1980 (age81 years, 95days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married,August16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married1966 toKathleen Heffernan. | | | | Cross-reference:WarrenChristopher —WilliamA. Norris | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books by William O. Douglas:OfMen and Mountains (1982) —Mywilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) —GoEast, Young Man (1974) —TheCourt Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.Douglas (1980) | | | | Books about William O. Douglas: BruceAllen Murphy,WildBill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper,OfPower and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America'sConstitutional Revolution — James F. Simon,IndependentJourney: The Life of William O. Douglas |
| | Newell Jennings (b. 1883) — of Bristol,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Bristol,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 12,1883.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from Bristol, 1914; superior courtjudge in Connecticut, 1922-37;justice ofConnecticut state supreme court, 1937-48.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;Beta Theta Pi;PhiBeta Kappa.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Joseph Jennings and Elizabeth Naomi (Newell) Jennings;married,June 28,1910, to Rachel K. Peck. |
| | James Lukens McConaughy (1887-1948) — also known asJames L. McConaughy — of Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October21, 1887.Republican.Collegeprofessor;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1939-41; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,1944;Governorof Connecticut, 1947-48; died in office 1948.Member,Rotary;Beta Theta Pi;PhiBeta Kappa.DiedMarch 7,1948 (age60 years, 138days).Burial location unknown.
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