The Political Graveyard: Lowell-Dunlap family of Massachusetts

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Lowell-Dunlap family of Massachusetts

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Robert Pinckney Dunlap (1794-1859) — also known as Robert P. Dunlap — of Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, August 17, 1794. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Maine state senate, 1824-28, 1830-33; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1829; Governor of Maine, 1834-38; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1843-47; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1848-49; postmaster. Died in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, October 20, 1859 (age 65 years, 64 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.

		Relatives: Son of John Dunlap and Mary (Tappan) Dunlap; married, October 20, 1825, to Lydia Chapman; uncle of Mabel Dunlap (who married James Russell Lowell).
		Political family: Lowell-Dunlap family of Massachusetts.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Maine State Archives/Maine Historical Society

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., February 22, 1819. Writer, poet, critic, professor, and abolitionist; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1877-80; Great Britain, 1880-85. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Died of cancer, in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., August 12, 1891 (age 72 years, 171 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.

		Relatives: Married, December 26, 1844, to Maria White; married, September 16, 1857, to Frances Dunlap (niece of Robert Pinckney Dunlap); father of Mabel Lowell (who married Edward Burnett).
		Political family: Lowell-Dunlap family of Massachusetts.
		The World War II Liberty ship SS James Russell Lowell (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea, 1943; beached, later towed and scuttled) was named for him.
		See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1940)

Edward Burnett (1849-1925) — of Southborough, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 16, 1849. Democrat. Farmer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1887-89; farm architect. Died in Milton, Norfolk County, Mass., November 5, 1925 (age 76 years, 234 days). Interment at St. Mark's Churchyard, Southborough, Mass.

		Relatives: Son of Joseph Burnett; married to Mabel Lowell (daughter of James Russell Lowell).
		Political family: Lowell-Dunlap family of Massachusetts.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article

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