Politicians Born In the Blackstone Valley
Blackstone, MA:
Kennedy,
Ambrose (1875-1967) of Woonsocket, Providence County, R.I. Born in Blackstone,
Worcester County, Mass., December 1, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1911-13; Speaker of the Rhode Island
State House of Representatives, 1912; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 3rd
District, 1913-23. Died March 10, 1967. Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery,
Blackstone, Mass.
St. Germain, Fernand Joseph (b. 1928) -- also known as Fernand
J. St. Germain -- of Woonsocket, Providence County, R.I. Born in Blackstone,
Worcester County, Mass., January 9, 1928. Democrat. Member of Rhode Island state
house of representatives, 1952-60; delegate to Rhode Island state constitutional
convention, 1955; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1961-89.
Member, American Legion. Still living as of 1998.
Burrillville, RI:
Lapham, Oscar (1837-1926) of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in
Burrillville, Providence County, R.I., June 29, 1837. Democrat. Member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1887; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1st District,
1891-95. Died March 29, 1926. Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence,
R.I.
Perkins, Fred Bartlett (b. 1897) of West Barrington,
Barrington, Bristol County, R.I. Son of Fred William Perkins and Sophia Louise
(Bartlett) Perkins. Born in Burrillville, Providence County, R.I., February 16,
1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee, 1946-50; justice of Rhode
Island state supreme court, 1952-60. Universalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Sigma Rho; Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown
Douglas: Thayer, John Randolph
(1845-1916) of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass., March 9, 1845. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state
house of representatives, 1880-81; member of Massachusetts state senate,
1890-91; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1899-1905. Died in
1916. Interment at Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
Hopedale: O'Connell, M. Fred (b. 1870) of Fitchburg,
Worcester County, Mass. Born in Hopedale, Worcester County, Mass., June 4, 1870.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1905-07;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912, 1932;
candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1922. Burial
location unknown
Mendon:
Adams, Benjamin
(1764-1837) Born in Mendon, Worcester County, Mass., December 16, 1764. Member
of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1809-14; member of
Massachusetts state senate, 1814-15, 1822-25; U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts, 1816-21 (11th District 1816-17, 12th District 1817-21); defeated,
1820, 1822. Died in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Mass., March 28, 1837. Interment
at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge
Hastings, William Soden (1798-1842) Son of Seth Hastings. Born
in Mendon, Worcester County, Mass., June 3, 1798. Democrat. Member of
Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1828; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1829-33; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District,
1837-42; died in office 1842. Died in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, Va.
(now W.Va.), June 17, 1842. Interment at Old Cemetery, Mendon, Mass.; cenotaph
at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Wilder, Abel Carter (1828-1875) of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Mendon, Worcester County,
Mass., March 18, 1828. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1860, 1864; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1863-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868, 1872; mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1872-73. Died in
San Francisco, Calif., December 22, 1875. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery,
Rochester, N.Y.
Northbridge: Oppewall, Peter (b.
1922) of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Northbridge, Worcester County,
Mass., 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
college professor; candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state
constitutional convention from Kent County 1st District, 1961; member of
Michigan state board of education; elected 1964. Christian Reformed. Member,
Urban League. Still living as of 1995
Sutton: Sibley, Jonas (1762-1834)
Born in Sutton, Worcester County, Mass., March 7, 1762. Democrat. Member of
Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1806; U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts 11th District, 1823-25; member of Massachusetts state senate,
1826. Died February 5, 1834. Interment at Center Cemetery, Sutton, Mass.
Sibley, Solomon (1769-1846) of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.
Father-in-law of Charles Christopher Trowbridge; father of Henry Hastings
Sibley. Born in Sutton, Worcester County, Mass., October 7, 1769. Member of
Northwest Territory legislature, 1799; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1806; U.S.
District Attorney for Michigan, 1815-24; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan
Territory, 1820-23; justice of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1824-27. Died
in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 4, 1846. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery,
Detroit, Mich.
Uxbridge: Bartlett, Willard (b.
1846) of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Mass.,
October 14, 1846. Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1884-1907;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1896-1906; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1906-16; chief judge of New York
Court of Appeals, 1913-16. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location
unknown.
Worcester: Levi Hubbard 1762 John Curtis Chamberlain 1772
Levi Lincoln, Jr. 1782 Samuel Butman 1788 Enoch Lincoln 1788 Charles Allen 1797
George Bancroft 1800 Frank D. Allen 1850 Charles A. Russell 1852 Rockwood Hoar
1855 Anna Child Bird 1856 Charles G. Washburn 1857 George Bosworth Churchill
1866 John P. O'Brien 1873 John F. McGrath 1881 E. W. Metcalfe 1887 William A.
Scott 1888 Thomas J. Conroy c.1889 Carl Pack 1899 Harold D. Donohue 1901 Joseph
A. Aspero 1915 John Hugh Crimmins 1919 W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. 1920 William V.
Shannon 1927 Joseph D. Early 1933 Peter I. Blute 1956 James P. McGovern 1959
John A. Kissel 1959