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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Phi Delta Phi Politicians in Massachusetts</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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Aspero (1915-1987)</b> — of Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass.; Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Born in Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-30.html">June 30, 1915</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1945-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MA.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MA.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/11-26.html">November 26, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-buried.html# ">Davis Memorial Park</a>, Las Vegas, Nev. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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/50546265">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George A. Bacon (b. 1869)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass.; Longmeadow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Born in Brimfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-born.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/08-27.html">August 27, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MA.html">Massachusetts Republican State Committee</a>, 1910-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MA.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MA.html">Massachusetts Republican state chair</a>, 1917-18; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Albert S. Bacon and Cynthia (Leonard) Bacon; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/">1902</a> to Mabel M. Sedgwick.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jay Rogers Benton (1885-1953)</b> — also known as <b>Jay R. Benton</b> — of Belmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Somerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/10-18.html">October 18, 1885</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MA.html">1916</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1917-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/attygn.html">Massachusetts state attorney general</a>, 1923-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance executive</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/acacia.html">Acacia</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Belmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/11-03.html">November 3, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 16 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html# ">Belmont Cemetery</a>, Belmont, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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/benton.html#107.84.85">Everett Chamberlin Benton</a> and Willena (Rogers) Benton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/06-16.html">June 16, 1913</a>, to Frances Hill.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and 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> </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/Jay R. Benton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/97763543">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954)</b> — also known as <b>Joel Bennett Clark</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CL-born.html">Caroline County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/01-08.html">January 8, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MO.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MO.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MO.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit</a>, 1945. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>. Died in Gloucester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/07-13.html">July 13, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marsh-marshal.html#291.38.62">Wilbur W. Marsh</a>; son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark5.html#243.00.98">James Beauchamp Clark</a> and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/10-05.html">October 5, 1922</a>, to Miriam Marsh.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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/10001-0428.html">Clark-Thomson family</a> of Iowa and Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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=C000440">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402578">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett Champ Clark">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874)</b> — also known as <b>Louis S. Cox</b> — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-22.html">November 22, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> Fifth Essex District, 1906; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/lawrence.html#2">Lawrence, Mass.</a>, 1906-13; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Massachusetts state supreme court</a>, 1937-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Charles E. Cox and Evelyn M. (Randall) Cox; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/10-22.html">October 22, 1902</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#734.21.16">Mary I. Fieles</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/169/12.14.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="Paul A. Dever"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul Andrew Dever (1903-1958)</b> — also known as <b>Paul A. Dever</b> — of Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-15.html">January 15, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1929-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/attygn.html">Massachusetts state attorney general</a>, 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MA.html">1956</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1949-53; defeated, 1940, 1952; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/index.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/04-11.html">April 11, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html#cms03094">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a>, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Joseph Patrick Dever and Anna Amelia (McAlevy) Dever; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/detaranto-devin.html#621.73.33">William Emmett Dever</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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/paul-andrew-dever/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/277/000167773">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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> Who's Who in United States Politics (1950)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Augustine Donovan (b. 1889)</b> — also known as <b>James A. Donovan</b> — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-25.html">August 25, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MA.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MA.html">1928</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1917-19. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Donovan and Margaret (Sullivan) Donovan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/08-24.html">August 24, 1918</a>, to Elizabeth Coughlin.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gurdon Wright Gordon (b. 1871)</b> — also known as <b>Gurdon W. Gordon</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Born in Sheffield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/11-26.html">November 26, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance executive</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1912; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1913-16; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MA.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MA.html">1928</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Nelson E. Gordon and Caroline Augusta (Wright) Gordon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/11-03.html">November 3, 1903</a>, to Ellen Beekman Walsh.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jeremiah Edward O'Connell (1883-1964)</b> — also known as <b>Jeremiah E. O'Connell</b> — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Wakefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/07-08.html">July 8, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 3rd District, 1923-27, 1929-30; state court judge in Rhode Island, 1930-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Rhode Island state supreme court</a>, 1948-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/09-18.html">September 18, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 72 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> </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 Jeremiah O'Connell and Margaret R. (Lynch) O'Connell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/06-06.html">June 6, 1910</a>, to Esther Garraty.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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=O000023">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408271">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Myron H. Walker (b. 1855)</b> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Westborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/01-17.html">January 17, 1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1892; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1893; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th District, 1894 (Prohibition), 1902 (Democratic); Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1909; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 17th Circuit, 1911, 1922, 1923 (Democratic); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan</a>, 1914-22; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MI.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Silas Walker, Jr. and Louisa (Everett) Walker; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/">1888</a> to Nettie Stevens.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sterry Robinson Waterman (1901-1984)</b> — also known as <b>Sterry R. Waterman</b> — of St. Johnsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-lived.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt. Born in Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-12.html">June 12, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/VT.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit</a>, 1955-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <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/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sphinx.html">Sphinx</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zeta-psi.html">Zeta Psi</a>; <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/index.html">1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-buried.html#cms00213">Mt. Pleasant Cemetery</a>, St. Johnsbury, Vt. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Zeno Sterry Waterman and Sarah W. (Robinson) Waterman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-13.html">May 13, 1932</a>, to Frances Chadbourne Knight; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#198.58.26">William Harrison Waterman</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#464.71.05">David Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#806.18.65">Luther Waterman</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#364.17.82">Elisha Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#545.09.22">Thomas Glasby Waterman</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#430.94.97">Robert Whitney Waterman</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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 families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0386.html">Fiero-Waterman family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962)</b> — also known as <b>Owen D. Young</b> — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Van Hornesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-born.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-27.html">October 27, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">financier</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">industrialist</a>; chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the founders of the National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">Broadcasting</a> Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/index.html">1932</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <b>Phi Delta Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in St. Augustine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SJ-died.html">St. Johns County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/07-11.html">July 11, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-buried.html#cms07841">Van Hornesville Cemetery</a>, Van Hornesville, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Jacob Smith Young and Ida (Brandow) Young; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/06-30.html">June 30, 1898</a>, to Josephine Sheldon Edmonds; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/02-21.html">February 21, 1937</a>, to Louise (Powis) Clark; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young7.html#533.50.43">Philip Young</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Owen D. Young <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Central School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-names.html">Van Hornesville, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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/Owen D. 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