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    Increase Sumner (November 27, 1746 – June 7, 1799) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Massachusetts. He was the fifth governor of Massachusetts...
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    Increase Sumner Lincoln (June 20, 1799 – August 2, 1890) was an American minister. Lincoln, the youngest child of Seth and Jemima (Miller) Lincoln, was...
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    of Charles Sumner, the abolitionist, and a distant cousin of the statesman, Increase Sumner, and his son, the historian William H. Sumner. In 1819, after...
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    Sumner Increase Kimball (September 2, 1834 – June 20, 1923) was the organizer of the United States Life-Saving Service and the General Superintendent...
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    Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter...
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    parallel Callahan Tunnel in 1961. The Sumner Tunnel is named for William H. Sumner, the son of Governor Increase Sumner. Until 2009, it was managed by the...
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    16 total 40 mm guns. The Allen M. Sumners achieved a 20% increase in 5-inch gun armament and almost a 50% increase in light AA armament on a hull the...
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    The Massachusetts Sumners Increase Sumner, The 5th Governor of Massachusetts William H. Sumner, The Son of Governor Increase Sumner and an early Massachusetts...
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  • on April 1. Incumbent Governor Increase Sumner was elected to a third term in office against minimal opposition. Sumner won the election on his deathbed...
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    William Hyslop Sumner (July 4, 1780 – October 24, 1861) was an American lawyer, soldier, and writer, and the son of Governor Increase Sumner. He graduated...
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  • Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2. Incumbent Governor Increase Sumner was elected to a second term in office over Attorney General James...
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    Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States...
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    Revolutionary War battery that probably became part of Fort Sumner, but was renamed in 1797 after Increase Sumner, the incumbent Governor of Massachusetts, of which...
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    attack is being considered for merging. › The caning of Charles Sumner, or the Brooks–Sumner Affair, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate...
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  • Look up Sumner or sumner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sumner is a surname. It originates from the English-language word that is spelt, in modern...
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    incorporated by the General Court on June 13, 1798, and named for Increase Sumner, who was then the governor of Massachusetts. Despite an uneven and...
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  • was still taking shape in the state, and the Federalists nominated Increase Sumner, while more populist factions that had previously supported Governors...
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    income. He often failed to collect taxes from his fellow citizens, which increased his popularity among those who did not pay, but left him liable for the...
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  • to a third term in office over Increase Sumner. Samuel Adams, incumbent Governor since 1794 (Republican) Increase Sumner, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts...
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    Benjamin Sumner Welles (October 14, 1892 – September 24, 1961) was an American government official and diplomat. He was a major foreign policy adviser...
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    lieutenant governorship were vacant. This occurred in 1799 when Governor Increase Sumner died in office on June 7, 1799, leaving Lieutenant Governor Moses Gill...
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    artist Cyprian Southack (1662–1745), cartographer and naval commander Increase Sumner (1746–1799), Fifth Governor of Massachusetts Nathan Webb, (1705–1772)...
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  • (1590–1655), English-born American colonial settler and administrator Increase Sumner (1746–1799), American lawyer, politician, Associate Justice of the...
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    Sumner Murray Redstone (né Rothstein; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate. He was the founder and...
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    in 1794, he served in that office under Governors Samuel Adams and Increase Sumner until the latter died shortly after winning reelection in 1799. Gill...
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  • future Supreme Court justice William Cushing and Massachusetts governor Increase Sumner. However, for the most part, the pay was so uncompetitive relative...
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    Eliza Trask Hill (1840–1908), activist, journalist, philanthropist Increase Sumner Lincoln, minister Nathan Read (1759-1849), inventor of the multi-tubular...
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    1797 was attended by President John Adams and Massachusetts Governor Increase Sumner. Upon launch, she slid down the ways only 27 feet (8.2 m) before stopping;...
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    married Sarah Sumner Cushing (niece of both U.S. Supreme Court associate Justice William Cushing and Massachusetts Governor Increase Sumner). Henry Paine...
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    (1828–1858), who married Benjamin Sumner Welles (1823–1904), a descendant of Colonial Gov. Thomas Welles and Gov. Increase Sumner. Caroline Webster Schermerhorn...
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