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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Son of Sam Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on
prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative
to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for
postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Julian Bloch (1893-1974) —
also known as Charles J. Bloch —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
10, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bibb County, 1927-28;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1932,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1932,
1948.
Jewish.
Died in August, 1974
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Sanford Cohen (1870-1935) —
also known as John S. Cohen —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1935 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Solomon Cohen —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1840-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1860.
Jewish.
Confederate postmaster of Savannah. Organized a relief fund to
support the family of Jefferson
Davis while he was in prison after the Civil War.
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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David Emanuel (1744-1808) —
of Georgia.
Born in 1744.
Member of Georgia
state senate; Governor of
Georgia, 1801.
Jewish.
Died February
19, 1808 (age about 63
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elliott Harris Levitas (b. 1930) —
also known as Elliott H. Levitas —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
26, 1930.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1965; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1975-85.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philip Phillips (1807-1884) —
of Alabama.
Born in South Carolina, 1807.
Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1853-55.
Jewish.
Died in 1884
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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