| |  George Francis Booth (1870-1955) — also known asGeorge F. Booth — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November11, 1870.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1924,1932,1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1944.CongregationalistorUnitarian.Died in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,September1, 1955 (age84 years, 294days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Henry Booth and Eliza (Jackson) Booth; married,November18, 1896, to Minnie L. Welles. |
 | Chester Bliss Bowles (1901-1986) — also known asChester Bowles — of Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,April 5,1901.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;advertisingbusiness; Presidential Elector for Connecticut,1940;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1948,1956,1960;Governorof Connecticut, 1949-51; U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1951-53, 1963-69;Nepal, 1951-53;, 1961-63;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1959-61;author.Unitarian. Member,UrbanLeague;Grange;Americansfor Democratic Action;Council onForeign Relations.Died in Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,May 25,1986 (age85 years, 50days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Essex, Conn. |  | Volney Byron Cushing (1856-1930) — also known asVolney B. Cushing — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Winterport,WaldoCounty, Maine,January31, 1856.Hatter;minister;lecturer;Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1888; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1890, 1904; Prohibitioncandidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1914 (20th District), 1916 (19thDistrict); Prohibition candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 19th District, 1915;hotelmanager.Unitarian. Died in Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September23, 1930 (age74 years, 235days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Wilton, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Cushing and Eunice Colby (Dorr) Cushing; married,January19, 1886, to Nellie M. Pearson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Prohibition PartyNational Committee |
| | John Addison Gurley (1813-1863) — of Methuen,EssexCounty, Mass.; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in East Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December9, 1813.Republican.Pastor;newspapereditor and publisher;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1859-63.Universalist. Appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, but died before takingoffice.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August19, 1863 (age49 years, 253days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Mary Ann Handley — of Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1997-.Female.Unitarian. Member,League of WomenVoters.Still living as of 2008. | | John Edwin Holmes (1809-1863) — also known asJohn E. Holmes — of Jefferson,JeffersonCounty, Wis.Born in Glastonbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December28, 1809.Democrat.Ordainedminister;lawyer;memberWisconsin territorial council, 1847-48;LieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1848-50; member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1853; servedin the Union Army during the Civil War.Universalist. Taken prisoner byConfederateforces in March 1863; while captive, became seriously ill from anunspecifieddisease; released as part of a prisoner exchange, and died threedays later, in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,May 8,1863 (age53 years, 131days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jefferson, Wis. | | Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) — also known asSamuel W. Hopkins — of Coventry,TollandCounty, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born in Exeter,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,April 1,1845.Schoolteacher;lawyer;real estatedeveloper;IsabellaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80; candidate forvillagepresident of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877;chair ofIsabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1884;president, Mount PleasantSugarCompany; member ofMichiganstate senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic),1914 (Progressive).Unitarian.Englishancestry.Died in Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.,August20, 1923 (age78 years, 141days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. | | Nancy Lee Johnson (b. 1935) — also known asNancy L. Johnson;Nancy ElizabethLee —of New Britain,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January5, 1935.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1977-82; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1980,2008(alternate);U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1983-2006 (6th District1983-2003, 5th District 2003-06).Female.Unitarian. Still living as of 2014.  | Henry Thomas King (1867-1956) — also known asHenry T. King — of Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in1867.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Meriden, Conn., 1918-19, 1922-23; defeated, 1919.Universalist. Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 28,1956 (ageabout 89years).Interment atWalnutGrove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.| | Relatives:Married,November28, 1894, to Josephiine Morse; married to Stella B. Miller;father of Henry T. King, Jr. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Meriden MunicipalRegister 1919 |
| | Joseph Edward Lumbard (1901-1999) — also known asJ. Edward Lumbard — of New York; Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August18, 1901.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947; defeated, 1947;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-55;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-71; tooksenior status 1971.Unitarian. Member,American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe Revolution.Died in Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 3,1999 (age97 years, 289days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard; married,September4, 1929, to Polly Poindexter. |
 | William Howard Taft (1857-1930) — also known asWilliam H. Taft;"BigBill" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.;Washington,D.C.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September15, 1857.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882-83;superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,1890-92;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned1900;lawprofessor;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1901-04;U.S.Secretary of War, 1904-08;Presidentof the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;PsiUpsilon;Skulland Bones;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 8,1930 (age72 years, 174days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofAlphonsoTaft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother ofCharlesPhelps Taft; brother ofHenryWaters Taft; married,June 19,1886, toHelenLouise Herron (daughter ofJohnWilliamson Herron; sister-in-law ofHenryFrederick Lippitt; niece ofWilliamCollins; aunt ofFrederickLippitt; granddaughter ofElaCollins); father ofRobertAlphonso Taft andCharlesPhelps Taft II; uncle ofWalbridgeS. Taft; grandson ofPeterRawson Taft; grandfather ofWilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; great-grandfather ofRobertAlphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed ofWillardJ. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamWarner Hoppin,JohnMilton Thayer,EdwardM. Chapin andGeorgeFranklin Chapin. | | | | Political family:Taftfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WalterP. Johnson —FredWarner Carpenter —CharlesD. Hilles | | | | The formercommunityof Taft, now part ofLincolnCity, Oregon, wasnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inBronx, NewYork (closed 2008), wasnamed forhim. — TaftHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), inLosAngees, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress andProsperity." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about William Howard Taft: PaoloEnrico Coletta,ThePresidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Alpheus Thomas Mason,WilliamHoward Taft — Lewis L. Gould,TheWilliam Howard Taft Presidency — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about William HowardTaft: Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, August 1901 |
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