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  Morton Isaac Abramowitz (b. 1933) — also known as Morton I. Abramowitz — of Massachusetts; Washington, D.C. Born in Lakewood, Ocean County, N.J., January 20, 1933. Son of Mendel Abramowitz and Dora (Smith) Abramowitz. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1963-66; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1978-81; Turkey, 1989-. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married, September 13, 1959, to Sheppie Glass.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) — also known as Dean Acheson — of Washington, D.C. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., April 11, 1893. Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S. Secretary of State, 1949-53. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department. Died, probably from a heart attack, over his desk in his study, Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Md., October 12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958); married, May 5, 1917, to Alice Caroline Stanley (1895-1996; artist); father of David Campion Acheson.
  Cross-reference: Lucius D. Battle — Francis E. Meloy, Jr.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Dean Acheson: Present at the Creation : My Years in the State Department (1969)
  Books about Dean Acheson: Walter Isaacson, The Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made — Robert L. Beisner, Dean Acheson : A Life in the Cold War
  Theodore Carter Achilles (1905-1986) — also known as Theodore C. Achilles — of Washington, D.C. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., December 29, 1905. Son of Henry Laurence Achilles and Gertrude (Strong) Achilles. Newspaper work; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1932; Rome, 1933; while serving as director of the State Department's Division of Western European Affairs in 1947-49, was one of the main architects of the North Atlantic Treaty, the founding document of NATO; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1956-60. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Washington, D.C., April 8, 1986 (age 80 years, 100 days). Entombed at St. John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Nephew of George Robert Carter; son of Henry Laurence Achilles and Gertrude (Strong) Achilles; married, June 4, 1933, to Marian Field.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Whelan Anderson, Jr. (1906-1992) — also known as George W. Anderson, Jr. — of Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 15, 1906. Son of George W. Anderson and Clara (Green) Anderson. U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, 1961-63; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1963-66. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Columbus. Died, of congestive heart failure, in the Arleigh Burke Pavilion nursing home, McLean, Fairfax County, Va., March 20, 1992 (age 85 years, 96 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Anderson and Clara (Green) Anderson; married, October 3, 1933, to Muriel Buttling (died 1947); married, May 15, 1948, to Mary Lee Lamar Sample.
  Robert Anderson (1922-1996) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 6, 1922. Son of Andrew Anderson and Martha Campbell (Winn) Anderson. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1946-47; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1959-61; U.S. Ambassador to Dahomey, 1972-74; Morocco, 1976-78; Dominican Republic, 1982-85. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of congestive heart failure, at Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Va., April 5, 1996 (age 74 years, 90 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, February 16, 1950, to Elena Fenoaltea.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Leslie Aspin (1938-1995) — also known as Les Aspin — of Racine, Racine County, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., July 21, 1938. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1971-93; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1993-94. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi. Died, from a stroke, at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1995 (age 56 years, 304 days). Interment at Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Wis.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Leland Judd Barrows (1906-1988) — also known as Leland J. Barrows — of Kansas. Born in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kan., October 27, 1906. Son of Eugene Barrows and Florence Emma (Judd) Barrows. Newspaper reporter; radio broadcaster; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, 1960-66; Togo, 1960-61. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1988 (age 81 years, 128 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married, March 21, 1935, to Mabel Irene Conley (1910-1988).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lucius Durham Battle (1918-2008) — also known as Lucius D. Battle — of Washington, D.C. Born in Dawson, Terrell County, Ga., June 1, 1918. Son of Warren Lazarus Battle and Jewel Beatrice (Durham) Battle. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State Dean Acheson; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1964-67. Member, Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of Parkinson's disease, in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2008 (age 89 years, 347 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, October 1, 1949, to Betty Jane Davis (1924-2004).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) — of New York; Washington, D.C. Born in St. Louis, Mo., August 5, 1875. Son of William Henry Bliss and Annie Louise (Woods) Bliss. U.S. Consul in Venice, 1903; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1923-27; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1927-33. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Academy of Political and Social Science. One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter protesting U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Donated his Georgetown estate, Dumbarton Oaks, to Harvard University in 1940; after the war, it was the scene of the conference that led to the creation of the United Nations. Died in Washington, D.C., April 19, 1962 (age 86 years, 257 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Dumbarton Oaks Rose Garden, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married, April 14, 1908, to Mildred Barnes.
  Epitaph: "Quod severeis metes" [as ye sow so ye shall reap]
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) — also known as David K. E. Bruce — of Baltimore, Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard County, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., February 12, 1898. Son of William Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976. Died, as a result of a heart attack, in Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; brother of James Bruce; married, May 29, 1926, to Ailsa Mellon (1901-1969; divorced 1945; daughter of Andrew William Mellon); married, April 23, 1945, to Evangeline Bell. See Bruce-Mellon family of Maryland.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) — also known as Clifford P. Case — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Born in Franklin Park, Somerset County, N.J., April 16, 1904. Son of Clifford Philip Case and Jeannette McAlpin (Benedict) Case. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned 1953; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956, 1964; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar Association; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Died, from lung cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 5, 1982 (age 77 years, 323 days). Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
  Relatives: Married, July 13, 1928, to Ruth Miriam Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Selden Chapin (1899-1963) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa.; Washington, D.C. Born in Erie, Erie County, Pa., September 19, 1899. Son of Frederic L. Chapin and Grace (Selden) Chapin. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Hankow, 1925-26; U.S. Consul in Montevideo, 1940; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1947-49; U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands, 1949-53; Panama, 1953-55; Iran, 1955-58; Peru, 1960. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died March 26, 1963 (age 63 years, 188 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Frederic L. Chapin and Grace (Selden) Chapin; married, March 30, 1927, to Mary Paul Noyes (1902-1984); father of Frederic Lincoln Chapin.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) — also known as Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Blythe IV; "Slick Willie"; "Bubba"; "Elvis"; "Eagle"; "The Big Dog" — of Arkansas; Chappaqua, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Hope, Hempstead County, Ark., August 19, 1946. Son of William Jefferson Blythe II and Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton (1923-1994). Democrat. Rhodes scholar; candidate for U.S. Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974; Arkansas state attorney general, 1977-79; Governor of Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1996, 2000; speaker, 1984, 1988; President of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2004, 2008. Baptist. Member, Trilateral Commission; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Alpha Delta; American Bar Association. On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalk at the White House in an apparent assassination attempt against President Clinton. Impeached by the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with his sexual contact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquitted by the Senate. Still living as of 2011.
  Relatives: Third cousin twice removed of James Alexander Lockhart; son of William Jefferson Blythe II and Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton (1923-1994); step-son of Roger Clinton; married, October 11, 1975, to Hillary Diane Rodham (sister of Hugh Edwin Rodham); father of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky). See Polk-Ashe family of North Carolina.
  Cross-reference: Abraham J. Hirschfeld — Kenneth W. Starr — Rahm Emanuel — Henry G. Cisneros — Maria Echaveste — Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books by Bill Clinton: Between Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st Century (1996) — My Life (2004)
  Books about Bill Clinton: David Maraniss, First in His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — Joe Conason, The Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton — Gene Lyons, Fools for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — Sidney Blumenthal, The Clinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham, Bill Clinton and Black America — Joe Klein, The Natural : The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton — Nigel Hamilton, Bill Clinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward, The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House — George Stephanopolous, All Too Human — John F. Harris, The Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — Mark Katz, Clinton & Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Tim O'Shei, Bill Clinton (for young readers)
  Critical books about Bill Clinton: Barbara Olson, The Final Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House — Meredith L. Oakley, On the Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — Robert Patterson, Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered America's Long-Term National Security — Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories — Ann Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Because He Could — Jack Cashill, Ron Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family — Rich Lowry, Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — Richard Miniter, Losing Bin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror
  Jeffery Cohelan (1914-1999) — of Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., June 24, 1914. Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Local 302, Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees union, 1942-58; U.S. Representative from California 7th District, 1959-71; defeated in primary, 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960, 1964. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Moose; Eagles; Teamsters Union; Americans for Democratic Action. Died, of Parkinson's disease and cancer, in Washington, D.C., February 15, 1999 (age 84 years, 236 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Christopher John Dodd (b. 1944) — also known as Christopher J. Dodd; Chris Dodd — of North Stonington, New London County, Conn.; East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Willimantic, Windham County, Conn., May 27, 1944. Son of Thomas Joseph Dodd. Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1975-81; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1981-2011; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; speaker, 1988; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1995-96; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2012.
  Relatives: Grandson of Thomas J. Dodd. See Dodd family of Connecticut.
  Cross-reference: Rosa L. DeLauro
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) — also known as Allen W. Dulles; "Spymaster" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 7, 1893. Son of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith (Foster) Dulles. Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from influenza and pneumonia, in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., January 28, 1969 (age 75 years, 296 days). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Grandson of John Watson Foster; son of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith (Foster) Dulles; brother of John Foster Dulles; married 1920 to Clover Todd (1894-1974). See Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; U.S. Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1959. Died of cancer and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1959 (age 71 years, 88 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Grandson of John Watson Foster; brother of Allen Welsh Dulles. See Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York.
  Cross-reference: Edward Corsi
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower; "Ike" — Born in Denison, Grayson County, Tex., October 14, 1890. Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob Eisenhower (1863-1942). Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president of Columbia University, 1948-53; President of the United States, 1953-61. Presbyterian. German ancestry. Member, American Legion; Council on Foreign Relations; Loyal Legion. His portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar coin, 1971-78. Died, after a series of heart attacks, at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1969 (age 78 years, 165 days). Interment at Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob Eisenhower (1863-1942); married, July 1, 1916, to Mary Geneva "Mamie" Doud (1896-1979); brother of Milton Stover Eisenhower; father of John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower II (son-in-law of Richard Milhous Nixon). See Eisenhower-Nixon family.
  Cross-reference: Sherman Adams — Carter L. Burgess — Woodrow Wilson Mann — Jacqueline C. Odlum — George E. Allen — Meyer Kestnbaum
  Campaign slogan: "I Like Ike."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower: Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower : Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein, The Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlo d'Este, Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk, Dwight D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr., Red Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the Eisenhower Administration
  Edward Francis Feely (1880-1964) — also known as Edward F. Feely — of Washington, D.C. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., March 6, 1880. Son of Dennis C. Feely and Katherine (Fleming) Feely. Republican. Exporter; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1930-33. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Theta Nu Epsilon. Died of a stroke, at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., August 30, 1964 (age 84 years, 177 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, March 8, 1920, to Mary E. Garfield.
  Thomas Stephen Foley (b. 1929) — also known as Thomas S. Foley; Tom Foley — of Spokane, Spokane County, Wash. Born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., March 26, 1929. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Washington 5th District, 1965-95; defeated, 1994; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1989-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1997-. Member, Grange; Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral Commission. Still living as of 2008.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about Thomas S. Foley: Jeffrey R. Biggs, Honor in the House : Speaker Tom Foley
  Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Vienna, Austria, November 15, 1882. Son of Leopold Frankfurter and Emma (Winter) Frankfurter. Law professor; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-62. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Civil Liberties Union. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. Suffered a heart attack, and died the next day, in George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C., February 22, 1965 (age 82 years, 99 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Married, December 20, 1919, to Marion A. Denman (1890-1975).
  Cross-reference: Philip Elman
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Felix Frankfurter: H. N. Hirsch, The Enigma of Felix Frankfurter — James F Simon, The antagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and civil liberties in modern America — Melvin I. Urofsky, Felix Frankfurter: Judicial Restraint and Individual Liberties — Robert A. Burt, Two Jewish Justices: Outcasts in the Promised Land
  Richard Andrew Gephardt (b. 1941) — also known as Richard A. Gephardt; Dick Gephardt — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., January 31, 1941. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1977-2005; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1988, 2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Baptist. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Kiwanis. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married 1966 to Jane Byrnes; relative of James Matthes Talent.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books by Richard Gephardt: An Even Better Place : America in the 21st Century (1999)
  Critical books about Richard Gephardt: Alan M. Gottlieb & Dave Workman, Double Trouble : Daschle and Gephardt, Capitol Hill Bullies
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg (b. 1933) — of District of Columbia. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 15, 1933. Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-93; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1993-. Female. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Civil Liberties Union; American Jewish Congress; Phi Alpha Delta. Still living as of 2009.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) — also known as Ernest Gruening; "Mr. Alaska" — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 6, 1887. Son of Emil Gruening and Phebe (Fridenberg) Gruening. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; writer; Governor of Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956; U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960, 1972; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska, 1972. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only two Senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave President Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War. Died of cancer in Washington, D.C., June 26, 1974 (age 87 years, 140 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Married, November 19, 1914, to Dorothy Elizabeth Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about Ernest Gruening: Claus-M Naske, Ernest Gruening: Alaska's Greatest Governor
  Jane Frank Harman (b. 1945) — also known as Jane F. Harman; Jane Lakes; Jane Frank — of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 28, 1945. Daughter of Adolf Lakes and Lucille (Geier) Lakes. Democrat. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John V. Tunney, 1972; counsel for congressional subcommittees; deputy secretary to the Cabinet in the Jimmy Carter White House, 1977-78; U.S. Representative from California 36th District, 1993-99, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996, 2004, 2008; candidate in primary for Governor of California, 1998. Female. Jewish. Polish and Russian ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Daughter of Adolf Lakes and Lucille (Geier) Lakes; married 1969 to Richard Frank (divorced 1978); married 1980 to Sidney Harman.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (1919-2007) — also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 29, 1919. Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian Archibald Herter. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956, 1960; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company; law professor. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington, D.C., September 16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian Archibald Herter; married, June 10, 1944, to Suzanne Clery (divorced 1963); married, August 18, 1963, to Susan Cable (divorced); married to Catherine Hooker.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Eleanor Holmes Norton (b. 1937) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., June 13, 1937. Democrat. Lawyer; university professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972; Delegate to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1991-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996 (delegation chair), 2000, 2004, 2008. Female. Episcopalian. African ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Civil Liberties Union. Still living as of 2009.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Jesse Louis Jackson (b. 1941) — also known as Jesse L. Jackson; "Thunder" — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., October 8, 1941. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972; speaker, 1984, 1988; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984, 1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Council on Foreign Relations; Omega Psi Phi. Civil rights leader; associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; recipient of the Spingarn Medal in 1989. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married 1964 to Jacqueline Brown; father of Jesse Louis Jackson, Jr..
  Cross-reference: Ron Daniels
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about Jesse Jackson: Marshall Frady, Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson — Marshall Frady, Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson
  Critical books about Jesse Jackson: Bernard Goldberg, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37) — Kenneth R. Timmerman, Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson
  Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913-2007) — also known as Philip M. Kaiser — of New York; Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 12, 1913. Son of Morris Kazas and Temma (Sloven) Kazas. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; economist; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1961-64; Mauritania, 1961-64; Hungary, 1977-80; Austria, 1980-81. Ukrainian and Jewish ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Political Science Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Sibley Hospital, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2007 (age 93 years, 316 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 16, 1939, to Hannah Greeley.
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) — also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach — of Washington, D.C.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 17, 1922. Son of Edward Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie Hilson Katzenbach. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes scholar; lawyer; law professor; U.S. Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM, 1969-86; director, MCI Communications, 2002-04; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died in Skillman, Somerset County, N.J., May 8, 2012 (age 90 years, 112 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Third great-grandson of Moore Furman; nephew of Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Jr.; son of Edward Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie Hilson Katzenbach; first cousin of Frank Snowden Katzenbach III; married, June 8, 1946, to Lydia King Phelps Stokes. See Katzenbach family of New Jersey.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943) — also known as John F. Kerry; "Liveshot" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital, Aurora, Adams County, Colo., December 11, 1943. Son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary (Forbes) Kerry (1913-2002). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1972; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1983-85; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1985-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; speaker, 1988; candidate for President of the United States, 2004. Catholic. English and Jewish ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Skull and Bones. Still living as of 2012.
  Relatives: Second great-grandson of Robert Charles Winthrop; third cousin twice removed of William Cameron Forbes; son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary (Forbes) Kerry (1913-2002); married, May 23, 1970, to Julia Stimson Thorne (divorced 1988); married, May 26, 1995, to Teresa (Simoes-Ferreira) Heinz (widow of Henry John Heinz III). See Heinz-Forbes-Kerry-Winthrop family of Massachusetts.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books by John F. Kerry: A Call to Service : My Vision for a Better America (2003) — The New War: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security (1997) — Our Plan for America: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World, with John Edwards (2004)
  Books about John F. Kerry: Douglas Brinkley, Tour of Duty : John Kerry and the Vietnam War — Michael Kranish et al, John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography By The Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best — Paul Alexander, The Candidate: Behind John Kerry's Remarkable Run for the White House — George Butler, John Kerry: A Portrait
  Critical books about John F. Kerry: John E. O'Neill & Jerome R. Corsi, Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry — David N. Bossie, The Many Faces of John Kerry
  Henry Alfred Kissinger (b. 1923) — also known as Henry A. Kissinger; Heinz Alfred Kissinger — Born in Fürth, Germany, May 27, 1923. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university professor; U.S. Secretary of State, 1973-77. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral Commission. Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married, February 6, 1949, to Anne Fleischer (divorced 1964); married, March 30, 1974, to Nancy Maginnes.
  Cross-reference: John H. Holdridge
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books by Henry Kissinger: Years of Renewal (1999) — Years of Upheaval (1982) — American Foreign Policy (1974) — Diplomacy (1994) — Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (1957) — The White House Years (1979) — A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812-22 (1957)
  Books about Henry Kissinger: Walter Isaacson, Kissinger: A Biography — Phyllis Schlafly, Kissinger on the Couch — Robert D. Sulzinger, Henry Kissinger : Doctor of Diplomacy
  Critical books about Henry Kissinger: Christopher Hitchens, The Trial of Henry Kissinger
  Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) — also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. — of Washington, D.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., February 11, 1904. Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse. Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1987 (age about 83 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse; married, June 29, 1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November 19, 1954, to Eve Curie.
  George Walter Landau (b. 1920) — also known as George W. Landau — of Washington, D.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born March 4, 1920. Son of J. A. Landau and Jeannette (Klausner) Landau. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1972-77; Chile, 1977-82; Venezuela, 1982-85. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married, July 15, 1947, to Maria A. Jobst.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Joseph Isadore Lieberman (b. 1942) — also known as Joseph I. Lieberman; "Holy Joe"; "Traitor Joe" — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., February 24, 1942. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state senate, 1971-81; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1980; Connecticut state attorney general, 1983-89; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1989-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1996, 2000, 2004; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 2000; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2012.
  Relatives: Married 1965 to Elizabeth Haas; married 1983 to Hadassah (Freilich) Tucker.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books by Joseph I. Lieberman: In Praise of Public Life — An Amazing Adventure : Joe and Hadassah's Personal Notes on the 2000 Campaign (2003)
  Critical books about Joseph I. Lieberman: Joseph Lieberman (not the Senator), Joseph Lieberman is a Pious Liberal and Other Observations
  James Gordon Lowenstein (b. 1927) — also known as James G. Lowenstein — of Washington, D.C. Born in Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J., August 6, 1927. Son of Melvyn Gordon Lowenstein and Katherine Price (Goldsmith) Lowenstein. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1977-81. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1994.
  Relatives: Son of Melvyn Gordon Lowenstein and Katherine Price (Goldsmith) Lowenstein; married, June 11, 1955, to Dora Laurinda Richardson (divorced 1977); married, July 4, 1981, to Anne Cornely de la Selle.
  Douglas MacArthur II (1909-1997) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa., July 5, 1909. Son of Arthur MacArthur (1876-1923) and Mary Hendry (McCalla) MacArthur (1877-1959). Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vancouver, 1935; Naples, 1937-38; Paris, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1957-61; Belgium, 1961-65; Austria, 1967-69; Iran, 1969-72. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, after a stroke and heart attack, in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., November 15, 1997 (age 88 years, 133 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Great-grandson of Arthur MacArthur (1815-1896); son of Arthur MacArthur (1876-1923) and Mary Hendry (McCalla) MacArthur (1877-1959); nephew of Douglas MacArthur; nephew by marriage of Louise Cromwell MacArthur (sister of James Henry Roberts Cromwell); married, August 21, 1934, to Laura Louise Barkley (1911-1987; daughter of Alben William Barkley). See Biddle-Read-Shippen-MacArthur family of Pennsylvania.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edwin McCammon Martin (1908-2002) — also known as Edwin M. Martin — of Ohio; Paris, France. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, May 21, 1908. Son of Harry Judson Martin and Clara (McCammon) Martin. Economist; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations; Audubon Society; Phi Delta Theta; Delta Sigma Rho. Died, of pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., January 12, 2002 (age 93 years, 236 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, October 3, 1936, to Margaret Milburn.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) — also known as Robert T. Matsui — of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., September 17, 1941. Son of Yasuji Matsui and Alice (Nagata) Matsui. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93, 5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988 (speaker), 1996, 2000, 2004. Methodist. Japanese ancestry. Member, Rotary; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of pneumonia and myelodysplastic syndrome, in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., January 1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106 days). Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
  Relatives: Married, September 17, 1966, to Doris Kazue Okada.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Livingston Tallmadge Merchant (1903-1976) — also known as Livingston T. Merchant — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 23, 1903. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1956-58, 1961-62. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1976 (age about 72 years). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  George John Mitchell (b. 1933) — also known as George J. Mitchell — of South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; Washington, D.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, August 20, 1933. Son of George John Mitchell and Mary (Saad) Mitchell. Democrat. Lawyer; aide to U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie, 1962-65; also deputy director of Muskie's vice-presidential campaign in 1968, and presidential campaign in 1972; Maine Democratic state chair, 1966-68; member of Democratic National Committee from Maine, 1969-77; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1974; U.S. Attorney for Maine, 1977-79; U.S. District Judge for Maine, 1979-80; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1980-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1996, 2000, 2004; chairman, Walt Disney Company (major movie studio, operator of theme parks, and owner of the ABC television network), 2004-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2008. Catholic. Lebanese and Irish ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Son of George John Mitchell and Mary (Saad) Mitchell; married 1959 to Sally L. Heath (divorced); married 1994 to Heather MacLaclan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Ronald DeWayne Palmer (b. 1932) — also known as Ronald D. Palmer — of Washington, D.C. Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., May 22, 1932. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Togo, 1976-78; Malaysia, 1981-83; Mauritius, 1986-89. African ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1991.
  Relatives: Married to Euna Scott.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Donald Milford Payne (b. 1934) — also known as Donald M. Payne — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., July 16, 1934. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1989-; defeated in primary, 1980, 1986; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Nephew of John Garrett.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
  Christopher Hallowell Phillips (b. 1920) — also known as Christopher H. Phillips — of Beverly, Essex County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands, December 6, 1920. Son of William Phillips and Caroline Astor (Drayton) Phillips. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1948-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Brunei, 1989-91. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1998.
  Relatives: Son of William Phillips and Caroline Astor (Drayton) Phillips; married, May 11, 1943, to Mabel B. Olsen (died 1995); married 1997 to Sydney Watkins Osborne. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Laurence Hirsch Silberman (b. 1935) — of District of Columbia. Born in York, York County, Pa., October 12, 1935. U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1985-. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2009.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Elliott Percival Skinner (1924-2007) — also known as Elliott P. Skinner — Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, April 1, 1924. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university professor; U.S. Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69. African ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of heart failure, in Washington, D.C., April 1, 2007 (age 83 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also NNDB dossier
  James William Spain (b. 1926) — also known as James W. Spain — of Florida; Washington, D.C. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 22, 1926. Son of Patrick Joseph Spain and Mary Ellen (Forristal) Spain. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Karachi, 1951; U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, 1975-79; Turkey, 1980-81; Sri Lanka, 1985-89; Maldive Islands, 1985-89. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1991.
  Relatives: Married, February 21, 1951, to Edith Burke James.
  William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) — also known as Stuart Symington — of Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., June 26, 1901. Son of William Stuart Symington and Emily Haxall (Harrison) Symington. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of the Air Force, 1947-50; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Council on Foreign Relations. Died December 14, 1988 (age 87 years, 171 days). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Stuart Symington and Emily Haxall (Harrison) Symington; married, March 1, 1924, to Evelyn Wadsworth (daughter of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.; brother of James Jermiah Wadsworth); father of James Wadsworth Symington; cousin of John Fife Symington III. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Phillips Talbot (b. 1915) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., June 7, 1915. Son of Kenneth Hammet Talbot and Gertrude (Phillips) Talbot. Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Political Science Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1991.
  Relatives: Married, August 18, 1943, to Mildred Aleen Fisher.
  Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1929-2006) — also known as Alexander B. Trowbridge — Born in Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., December 12, 1929. Son of A. Buel Trowbridge. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; president, Esso Standard Oil Puerto Rico; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, Allied Chemical Corporation. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Washington, D.C., April 27, 2006 (age 76 years, 136 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of A. Buel Trowbridge; married to Nancy Horst and Eleanor 'Ellie' Hutzler.
  See also NNDB dossier
  James Jermiah Wadsworth (1905-1984) — also known as James J. Wadsworth — of Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Groveland, Livingston County, N.Y., June 12, 1905. Son of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. and Alice (Hay) Wadsworth. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Livingston County, 1932-41; resigned 1941; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1960-61; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1965-69. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; United World Federalists. Died in 1984 (age about 79 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Great-grandson of James S. Wadsworth; grandson of John Milton Hay and James Wolcott Wadsworth; son of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. and Alice (Hay) Wadsworth; married, June 16, 1927, to Harty Griggs Tilton; brother of Evelyn Wadsworth (who married of William Stuart Symington); uncle of James Wadsworth Symington. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892-1961) — also known as Sumner Welles — of Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, Md. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 14, 1892. Son of Benjamin J. Welles (1857-1935) and Frances Wyeth (Swan) Welles (1863-1911). Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1936, 1940; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937-43. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died September 24, 1961 (age 68 years, 345 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin J. Welles (1857-1935) and Frances Wyeth (Swan) Welles (1863-1911); married, April 14, 1915, to Esther 'Hope' Slater (divorced 1923); married, June 27, 1925, to Mathilde Townsend (ex-wife of Peter Goelet Gerry). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000) — also known as Sidney R. Yates — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 27, 1909. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1949-63, 1965-99; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1962; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964, 1996. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar Association. Died, of kidney failure and complications of pneumonia, in Sibley Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 5, 2000 (age 91 years, 39 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
  Relatives: Married to Adeline J. Holleb.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
  Charles Woodruff Yost (1907-1981) — also known as Charles W. Yost — of New York; Washington, D.C. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 6, 1907. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Alexandria, 1932; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Thailand, 1946; U.S. Minister to Laos, 1954-55; U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1955-56; Syria, 1957-58; Morocco, 1958-61; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1969-71. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1981 (age about 73 years). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1934 to Irena Oldakowska (1915-2006).

 

 


 
   
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