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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: American Legion, politicians, Rhode Island</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Allen — of Pelham Manor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-born.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/05-30.html">May 30, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">economist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pelhammanor.html#2">village president of Pelham Manor, New York</a>, 1904-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-parties.html">chair of Westchester County Democratic Party</a>, 1904-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NY.html">1920</a> (alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; American Legion; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Newport <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-died.html">Newport County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-03.html">December 3, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms01269">Beechwoods Cemetery</a>, New Rochelle, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#405.41.29">Elisha Hunt Allen</a> and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#323.38.79">William Fessenden Allen</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-30.html">June 30, 1892</a>, to Adele Livingston Stevens; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#349.75.29">Samuel Clesson Allen</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunt.html#165.89.17">Jonathan Hunt</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#539.20.10">Roger Wolcott (1679-1767)</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#075.86.53">Erastus Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#701.74.56">Oliver Wolcott Sr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#026.73.35">Gouverneur Morris</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#732.81.53">Elijah Hunt Mills</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#305.86.24">Oliver Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashley.html#844.96.95">Chester Ashley</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#026.38.52">Henry Leavitt Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#601.47.35">William Wolcott Ellsworth</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#580.47.10">Abijah Blodget</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold (1714-1799)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#451.94.48">Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#877.33.50">Jonathan Ingersoll</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#918.45.60">Jared Ingersoll</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#282.75.32">Josiah Meigs</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#892.09.80">Albert Asahel Bliss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#667.78.73">Philemon Bliss</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#394.41.71">Joseph Churchill Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#477.68.51">Chester William Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92">John William Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckalew-buckles.html#579.32.42">William Alfred Buckingham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#624.49.51">James Samuel Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#146.55.91">George Washington Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#135.50.92">Christopher Parsons Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#283.53.66">Oliver Morgan Hungerford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#587.44.91">Matthew Griswold (1833-1919)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#425.25.86">Judson H. Warner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott (1847-1900)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#047.27.05">Josiah Quincy</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1554.html">Ingersoll family</a> of New Haven, Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1556.html">Ingersoll family</a> of New Haven, Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick Hobbes Allen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/138811206">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> George Beaucage (1893-1951) — of Pawtucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Central Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/04-20.html">April 20, 1893</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1933-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Member, American Legion; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/11-04.html">November 4, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms03141">Notre Dame Cemetery</a>, Pawtucket, R.I. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Perry Belmont (1851-1947) — of Babylon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/12-28.html">December 28, 1851</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1881-88; resigned 1888; defeated, 1902 (7th District); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-diplomats.html ">Spain</a>, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/NY.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/NY.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/NY.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/NY.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NY.html">1912</a>; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr1908-election.html">1908</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; American Legion. Died in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-died.html">Newport County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/05-25.html">May 25, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-buried.html#cms01071">Island Cemetery</a>, Newport, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#044.55.55">August Belmont (1816-1890)</a> and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#198.78.59">August Belmont (1853-1924)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#345.62.45">Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/">1899</a> to Jessie Ann Robbins; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slavens-slingluff.html#309.40.58">John Slidell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slavens-slingluff.html#996.54.66">Thomas Slidell</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler6.html#797.72.74">Matthew Calbraith Butler</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1081.html">Belmont-Perry-Slidell family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2598.html">Emmet-Slidell family</a> of New York City, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000353">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401345">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry Belmont">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/belmont-perry">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/114/000176583">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6946931">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999) — also known as John H. Chafee — of Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-lived.html">Kent 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/1922/10-22.html">October 22, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; <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>, 1957-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1963-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1976-99; defeated, 1972; died in office 1999. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, American Legion. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">National Naval Medical Center</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/10-24.html">October 24, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 2 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-buried.html#cms05331">a private or family graveyard</a>, Kent County, R.I.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-buried.html#cms07926">Colt State Park</a>, Bristol, 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">Relatives: Son of John Sharpe Chafee and Janet Malise 'Jay' (Hunter) Chafee; married to Virginia Coates; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#629.59.00">Lincoln Davenport Chafee</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#320.21.20">Charles Warren Lippitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#501.17.19">Henry Frederick Lippitt</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#419.50.51">Henry Lippitt</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a>; first cousin seven times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#459.87.70">William Greene</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#826.12.66">Andrew Clark Lippitt</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#187.29.61">Costello Lippitt</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1447.html">Greene family</a> of Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1446.html">Greene family</a> of Rhode Island (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000269">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402412">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-hubbard-chafee/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/980/000094698">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7253993">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Francis Bernard Condon (1891-1965) — also known as Francis B. Condon — of Central Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Central Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/11-11.html">November 11, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1921-26; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1928; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a>, 1930-35 (3rd District 1930-33, 1st District 1933-35); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Rhode Island state supreme court</a>, 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; American Legion. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/11-23.html">November 23, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 12 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms04174">Mount St. Mary's Cemetery</a>, East Providence, 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">Relatives: Son of Denis Gerald Condon and Rose (Collette) Condon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/09-29.html">September 29, 1926</a>, to Lillian F. Jordan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000673">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402799">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Aimé Joseph Forand (1895-1972) — also known as Aimé J. Forand — of Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Fall River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/05-23.html">May 23, 1895</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1923-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 1st District, 1937-39, 1941-61; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/RI.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; American Legion; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died in Boca Raton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-died.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/01-18.html">January 18, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-buried.html#cms04396">Boca Raton Mausoleum</a>, Boca Raton, Fla. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000255">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404209">Govtrack.us page</a></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> John Patrick Hartigan (1887-1968) — also known as John P. Hartigan — of Edgewood, 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/1887/12-29.html">December 29, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/attygn.html">Rhode Island state attorney general</a>, 1933-39; defeated, 1930, 1938; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/RI.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/RI.html">Rhode Island Democratic state chair</a>, 1939; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Rhode Island</a>, 1940-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit</a>, 1951-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; American Legion; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/08-10.html">August 10, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 225 days</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">Relatives: Son of John J. Hartigan and Ellen (Smith) Hartigan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/10-25.html">October 25, 1920</a>, to Alice F. Carroll.</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> Frederick Rowland Hazard Jr. (1891-1962) — also known as Frederick R. Hazard — of Saunderstown, Narragansett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Solvay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-born.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-19.html">December 19, 1891</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/RI.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1929-31; major in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, American Legion. Died in Saunderstown, Narragansett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/08-31.html">August 31, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 255 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-buried.html# ">New Fernwood Cemetery</a>, South Kingstown, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#024.72.70">Frederick Rowland Hazard</a> and Dora Gannett (Sedgwick) Hazard; married to Rozelia Belden; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#217.57.11">Rowland Gibson Hazard (1855-1918)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#390.15.32">Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/35090.html">Hazard family</a> of South Kingstown, Rhode Island.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73496212">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Clifford Chesley Hubbard (b. 1884) — also known as Clifford C. Hubbard — of Norton, <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/1884/04-30.html">April 30, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MA.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-pol-sci-assoc.html">American Political Science Association</a>; American Legion; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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">Relatives: Son of Elmer Elston Hubbard and Lucy Amelia (Read) Hubbard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-18.html">June 18, 1915</a>, to Edith Adelaide Wass.</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> Louis V. Jackvony (b. 1892) — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-25.html">January 25, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1921-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/RI.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/attygn.html">Rhode Island state attorney general</a>, 1939-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/RI.html">Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1948. Member, American Legion. 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">Relatives: Son of Antonio Jackvony and Carmela (Grieco) Jackvony; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/02-07.html">February 7, 1921</a>, to Clotilde Zambarano.</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> Lloyd Barber Langworthy (1892-1965) — also known as Lloyd B. Langworthy — of Ashaway, Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/07-25.html">July 25, 1892</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1948. Member, American Legion. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/index.html">1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-buried.html#cms05896">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Ashaway, Hopkinton, 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">Relatives: Son of George Bernard Langworthy and Leonora Elizabeth (Barber) Langworthy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-02.html">June 2, 1920</a>, to Annie May McDonald.</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> John Sammon McKiernan (1911-1997) — also known as John S. McKiernan — 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 Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-15.html">October 15, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1947-50, 1951-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1950-51; superior court judge in Rhode Island, 1956-; appointed 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; American Legion; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, in Kent County Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/03-09.html">March 9, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 145 days</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">Relatives: Son of John Francis McKiernan and Loretta (Mulvey) McKiernan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-sammon-mckiernan/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/480/000167976">NNDB dossier</a></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> John Matthew O'Connell (1872-1941) — also known as John M. O'Connell — 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/1872/08-10.html">August 10, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">dentist</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1929-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/RI.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; American Legion. Died in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/12-06.html">December 6, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-buried.html#cms02794">St. Sebastian Cemetery</a>, Westerly, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000025">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408273">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Matthew O'Connell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7668228">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Gaetano D. Parella (c.1923-2001) — also known as Kelly Parella — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., about 1923. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1971-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-italy.html">Sons of Italy</a>; American Legion. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/07-04.html">July 4, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-buried.html#cms06142">Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery</a>, Exeter, R.I. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fernand Joseph St. Germain (1928-2014) — also known as Fernand J. St. Germain — of Woonsocket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Blackstone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/01-09.html">January 9, 1928</a>. Democrat. <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>, 1952-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Rhode Island state constitutional convention</a>, 1955; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 1st District, 1961-89; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/RI.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/RI.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/RI.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French Canadian</a> ancestry. Member, American Legion; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-died.html">Newport County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/08-16.html">August 16, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 219 days</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">Relatives: Son of Andrew Joseph St. Germain and Pearl (Talaby) St. Germain; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/08-29.html">August 29, 1953</a>, to Rachel O'Neill.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000762">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410231">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/472/000141049">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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