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The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Newspapers and Print Journalism in Rhode Island

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Newspapers and Print Journalism in Rhode Island</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Albro (b. 1887)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Harwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-lived.html">Barnstable County</a>, Mass. Born in Pontiac, Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/01-21.html">January 21, 1887</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <b>newspaper publisher</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MA.html">1948</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard Steere Aldrich (1884-1941)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Richard S. Aldrich</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I.; Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, R.I. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/02-29.html">February 29, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1915-16; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/RI.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/RI.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/RI.html">1924</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1917-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1923-33; director, Providence Journal <b>newspaper</b>, Providence National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, Providence Washington <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Co. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/12-25.html">December 25, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#433.61.94">Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich</a> and Abby Pearce (Chapman) Aldrich; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#812.13.78">Winthrop Williams Aldrich</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/04-30.html">April 30, 1921</a>, to Janet Innis White; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#729.26.37">Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#983.75.07">Winthrop Rockefeller</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#146.48.91">John Davison Rockefeller IV</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#191.28.19">Winthrop Paul Rockefeller</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000084">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400743">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard S. Aldrich">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6844471">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Devere Allen (1891-1955)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Wilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/06-24.html">June 24, 1891</a>. Editor for various <b>publications</b>, including <i>The Nation</i>; overseas correspondent for <b>newspapers</b> and <b>magazines</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; Socialist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Connecticut</a>, 1932, 1934; Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1938, 1940. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/war-resisters-league.html">War Resisters League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/league-industrial-democracy.html">League for Industrial Democracy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/08-27.html">August 27, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 64 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-buried.html#cms06281">Wheeler Cemetery</a>, North Stonington, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Henry L. Allen and Sarah Elizabeth (Champlin) Allen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/08-22.html">August 22, 1917</a>, to Marie Hollister.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devere Allen">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/693/20.64.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="James B. Angell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Burrill Angell (1829-1916)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>James B. Angell</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Scituate, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/01-07.html">January 7, 1829</a>. Editor of Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anthony.html#633.66.34">Henry B. Anthony</a>'s <b>newspaper</b>, <i>Providence Journal</i>, 1860-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of Vermont, 1866-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of Michigan, 1871-1909; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-diplomats.html ">China</a>, 1880-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-diplomats.html ">Turkey</a>, 1897-98. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>. Died in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/04-01.html">April 1, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 85 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms00488">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Ann Arbor, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Andrew Aldrich Angell and Amey (Aldrich) Angell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/11-26.html">November 26, 1855</a>, to Sarah S. Caswell (daughter of Alexis Caswell); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#760.40.39">Alexis Caswell Angell</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13045.html">Angell-Cooley family</a> of Ann Arbor, Michigan.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Angell Hall, at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-names.html">Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Burrill Angell">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/angell-james-burrill">U.S. State Dept career summary</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7438574">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Past and Present of Washtenaw County (1906)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Bowen Anthony (1815-1884)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Henry B. Anthony</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Coventry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/04-01.html">April 1, 1815</a>. Republican. <b>Newspaper editor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1849-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1859-84; died in office 1884. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/09-02.html">September 2, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 154 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Anthony and Eliza (Greene) Anthony; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/10-16.html">October 16, 1837</a>, to Sarah Aborn.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#693.20.64">James B. Angell</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000262">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400900">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-bowen-anthony/">National Governors Association biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry B. Anthony">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6844441">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Ellsworth Boomer (1862-1915)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>George E. Boomer</b>; <b>&quot;Uncle Sam&quot;</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I.; Tacoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wash.; Prosser, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/BE-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Wash.; Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash.; Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CH-lived.html">Chelan County</a>, Wash.; Bremerton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/Ketchikan-lived.html">Kitsap County</a>, Wash.; Port Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CA-lived.html">Clallam County</a>, Wash. Born in Lewiston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-born.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/11-28.html">November 28, 1862</a>. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Printer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, Rhode Island Central Labor Union, 2 years; <b>newspaper editor and publisher</b>; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1893; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Washington</a>, 1908; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 2nd District, 1914. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">International Typographical Union</a>. Died in Port Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CA-died.html">Clallam County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/04-05.html">April 5, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 128 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/">1884</a> to Mary A. Vickery.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Boomer">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Daniel Russell Brown (1848-1919)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>D. Russell Brown</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Bolton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/03-28.html">March 28, 1848</a>. Republican. <b>Newspaper publisher</b>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1892-95. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/02-28.html">February 28, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 337 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Arba Harrison Brown and Harriet M. (Dart) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-14.html">October 14, 1874</a>, to Isabel Barrows.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/daniel-russell-brown/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Henry Calvert (1803-1889)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md.; Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/01-02.html">January 2, 1803</a>. <b>Newspaper editor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">poet</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/newport.html">mayor of Newport, R.I.</a>, 1854. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Belgian</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/05-24.html">May 24, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 142 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George Calvert and Rosalie Eugenia (Stier) Calvert; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/callan-came.html#295.25.85">Charles Benedict Calvert</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/05-11.html">May 11, 1829</a>, to Elizabeth Steuart.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Walter Raleigh Danforth (1787-1861)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Walter R. Danforth</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/04-01.html">April 1, 1787</a>. Democrat. <b>Newspaper editor and publisher</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/RIcc nPR">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1829-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/providence.html">mayor of Providence, R.I.</a>, 1853-54. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/08-11.html">August 11, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Walter Raleigh</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Job Danforth and Sarah (Coy) Danforth; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/06-12.html">June 12, 1811</a>, to Elizabeth Ann Carter.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter R. Danforth">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29301910">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sidney Dean (1818-1901)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Thompson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn.; Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in Glastonbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/11-16.html">November 16, 1818</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1854-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 3rd District, 1855-59; <b>newspaper editor</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1870-71. Died in Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/10-29.html">October 29, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-buried.html#cms03371">South Cemetery</a>, Warren, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000174">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403336">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney Dean">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Walter Charles Hamm (1847-1922)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Walter C. Hamm</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/01-25.html">January 25, 1847</a>. Editorial writer for Philadelphia Press <b>newspaper</b>, 1883-1903; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Hull</a>, 1903-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Newcastle-on-Tyne</a>, 1914-19. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/index.html">1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-27.html">January 27, 1892</a>, to Alice A. Phillips.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/129532044">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Herbert Warren Ladd (1843-1913)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Herbert W. Ladd</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/10-15.html">October 15, 1843</a>. <b>Newspaper reporter</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">dry goods merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1889-90, 1891-92. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Butler <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-29.html">November 29, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Warren Ladd and Lucy Washburn (Kingman) Ladd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/05-25.html">May 25, 1870</a>, to Emma Burrows.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Ladd Observatory, at Brown <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-names.html">Providence, Rhode Island</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/herbert-warren-ladd/">National Governors Association biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert W. Ladd">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Patricia Helen LaMarche (b. 1960)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Pat LaMarche</b>; <b>Genny Judge</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine; Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/11-26.html">November 26, 1960</a>. Green. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">Radio talk show host</a>; Green Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1998, 2006; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 2004; <b>newspaper</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">columnist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French Canadian</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2007. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Genevieve (Judge) LaMarche and Paul Henri LaMarche; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/">1983</a> to Michael Russell.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat LaMarche">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Grasse Lewis (b. 1886)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Frank G. Lewis</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I. Born in Dighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-25.html">December 25, 1886</a>. <b>Newspaper work</b>; U.S. Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Rio de Janeiro</a>, 1911. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Charles Monaghan (1857-1917)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>James C. Monaghan</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Rhode Island; New Jersey. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/10-11.html">October 11, 1857</a>. <b>Newspaper editor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Mannheim</a>, 1885-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Chemnitz</a>, 1893-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JM-consuls.html ">Kingston</a>, 1914-17, died in office 1917. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke of apoplexy</a>, in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/11-12.html">November 12, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms06957">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a>, Cumberland, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Monaghan and Mary Ann Brown (O'Neill) Monaghan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-12.html">June 12, 1892</a>, to Dorothy T. Ryan; nephew by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#470.94.27">John Ryan</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44249078">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Eugene Nabel (1879-1965)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Emil Eugene Nabel</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Chemnitz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-28.html">October 28, 1879</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <b>newspaper reporter</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html ">St. Gall</a>, 1907-14; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-consuls.html ">Amsterdam</a>, 1914-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-consuls.html ">Rotterdam</a>, as of 1922-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html ">Zurich</a>, as of 1938-43. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/01-06.html">January 6, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 70 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harry Sandager (1887-1955)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Auburn, Cranston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-12.html">April 12, 1887</a>. Republican. <b>Newspaper reporter</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1928-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated, 1940, 1942; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/RI.html">Republican National Committee from Rhode Island</a>, 1941-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/RI.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/RI.html">1952</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-phi-epsilon.html">Delta Phi Epsilon</a>. Died in Cranston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/12-24.html">December 24, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms01852">St. Francis Cemetery</a>, Pawtucket, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Maurice Sandager and Louise (Larssen) Sandager.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000031">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409549">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Benjamin Utter (b. 1881)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>G. Benjamin Utter</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-11.html">April 11, 1881</a>. Republican. <b>Newspaper editor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printing business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/RI.html">Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1915-28; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1925-26; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/RI.html">1940</a>; trustee, Westerly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-buried.html#cms02447">River Bend Cemetery</a>, Westerly, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#797.46.91">George Herbert Utter</a> and Elizabeth Lavina (Brown) Utter; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-17.html">January 17, 1916</a>, to Katherine Latham Wilbar.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas W. Williams (b. 1865)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Attleboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/09-15.html">September 15, 1865</a>. Republican. <b>Newspaper writer</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> First Bristol District, 1901-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-9588757529416233"; /* TPG general sideline */ google_ad_slot = "2646840196"; google_ad_width = 160; google_ad_height = 600; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-9588757529416233"; /* TPG general bottomline */ google_ad_slot = "1170106998"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are <b>incomplete</b>; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page &mdash; and on all other pages of this site &mdash; is believed to be accurate, but is <b>not</b> guaranteed. 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