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Jewish Politicians in Delaware
(religion or ancestry)


  Benjamin Ableman (1890-1976) — of Georgetown, Sussex County, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 2, 1890. Son of Able Ableman. Democrat. Merchant; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1924. Jewish. Member, Rotary; Odd Fellows. Died in March, 1976 (age 85 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, March 29, 1908, to Bertha Weinstein.
  George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) — also known as George J. Feldman — of New York. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 6, 1904. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Malta, 1965-67; Luxembourg, 1967-69. Jewish. Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation of NASA as a civilian space agency. Died in the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing Home, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa., November 22, 1994 (age 90 years, 16 days). Interment at Jewish Community Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Married to Marion Schulman.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward E. Kaufman (1939-2010) — also known as Ted Kaufman — Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 15, 1939. Son of Manuel Kaufman and Helen (Carroll) Kaufman. Democrat. Engineer; administrative assistant and chief of staff for U.S. Senator Joe Biden, 1976-95; college professor; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 2009-10; appointed 2009. Irish, Jewish, and Russian ancestry. Died in 2010 (age about 71 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article

 

 


 
   
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