Augusta Hornblower (June 6, 1948 - August 27, 1994[1]) was an American Republican politician from Groton, Massachusetts.[2] She represented the First Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1984 until her death in 1994.[2]
Augusta Hornblower | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the First Middlesex district | |
| In office 1984–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Weatherbee |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hargraves |
She was the daughter of Henry Hornblower, II, an investment banker and founder of the living history museum Plimoth Plantation, now called Plimoth Patuxet, and his wife Dorothy Shapard.[3] Her great grandfather, Henry Hornblower was the co-founder of the Hornblower & Weeks investment bank and brokerage.
She was elected to the Republican National Committee in 1988[4] and was appointed assistant minority whip in the legislature in 1993.
She died in 1994 of recurrent bone cancer.
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edit- ^ "Groton Rep. Augusta Hornblower, assistant minority whip; at 46". Boston Globe. August 28, 1994. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- ^ a b "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015" (PDF). Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Hornblower - of Groton". Boston Globe. August 28, 1994. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- ^ "Mass delegates see new hope for party in Bush candidacy". Boston Globe. August 18, 1988. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
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