The Weeks
- John W. Weeks (1781–1853), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1829-1833. Granduncle of John W. Weeks.
- Edgar Weeks (1839–1904), Prosecuting Attorney of Mount Clemens, Michigan 1867-1870; Probate Court Judge of Macomb County, Michigan 1870-1876; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1884; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1899-1903. Cousin of John W. Weeks.
- John W. Weeks (1860–1926), Newton, Massachusetts Alderman 1899-1902; Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts 1902-1903; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1905-1913; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1913-1919; candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States 1916; delegate to the Republican National Convention 1916; Republican National Committeeman 1920; U.S. Secretary of War 1921-1925. Grandnephew of John W. Weeks.
- Sinclair Weeks (1893–1972), Newton, Massachusetts Alderman 1923-1930; Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts 1930-1935; delegate to the Republican National Convention 1932 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956; Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party 1937; Republican National Committeeman 1941-1953; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1944; U.S. Secretary of Commerce 1953-1958. Son of John W. Weeks.
- John W. Weeks (1860–1926), Newton, Massachusetts Alderman 1899-1902; Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts 1902-1903; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1905-1913; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1913-1919; candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States 1916; delegate to the Republican National Convention 1916; Republican National Committeeman 1920; U.S. Secretary of War 1921-1925. Grandnephew of John W. Weeks.
- Edgar Weeks (1839–1904), Prosecuting Attorney of Mount Clemens, Michigan 1867-1870; Probate Court Judge of Macomb County, Michigan 1870-1876; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1884; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1899-1903. Cousin of John W. Weeks.
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Famous quotes containing the word weeks:
“It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed—and we face other delays during the present session because most of the Members of the Congress are thinking in terms of next Autumn’s election. However, that is one of the prices that we who live in democracies have to pay. It is, however, worth paying, if all of us can avoid the type of government under which the unfortunate population of Germany and Russia must exist.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“Why should the generations overlap one another at all? Why cannot we be buried as eggs in neat little cells with ten or twenty thousand pounds each wrapped round us in Bank of England notes, and wake up, as the Sphinx wasp does, to find that its papa and mamma have not only left ample provision at its elbow but have been eaten by sparrows some weeks before we began to live consciously on our own accounts?”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)