Eben Sumner Draper
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Eben Sumner Draper was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was for many years a leading figure in what later became the Draper Corporation, the dominant manufacturer of cotto
Photo c. 1914
Draper accompanies President Taft in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1910
Eugene Foss
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Eugene Noble Foss was an American politician and manufacturer from Massachusetts. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor of Massachusetts.
Eben Sumner Draper
…respects to Taft's ancestral family homes in Mendon and Uxbridge, just west of Hopedale. The 1910 election saw the party divisions lead to a fracture. Eugene Noble Foss, a Boston businessman, bolted the Republican Party, and ran for election as a Democrat, effectively self-financing his campaign. He ran as an essentially…
Eugene Foss, 1915