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Sam Ackerman (b. 1934) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
23, 1934.
Son of Joseph Ackerman and Regina (Marmorstein) Ackerman; married 1970 to Martha
Sue Gordon.
Democrat. Personnel director, Continental Coffee;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Benjamin Philip Alschuler (1933-2001) —
also known as Benjamin P. Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., February
5, 1933.
Grandson of Benjamin
Phillip Alschuler; son of Jacob
Edward Alschuler and Carolyn (Strauss) Alschuler; married to Anne
Cockfield.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1968.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Zeta
Beta Tau; American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died March 1,
2001 (age 68 years, 24
days).
Interment at Spring
Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Ill.
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Benjamin Phillip Alschuler (b. 1876) —
also known as Benjamin P. Alschuler; Ben
Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., November
8, 1876.
Son of Jacob Alschuler (1825-1896) and Caroline (Stiefel) Alschuler
(1839-1933); brother of Samuel
Alschuler; married, March 28,
1900, to Lillian Reinheimer (1875-1956); father of Jacob
Edward Alschuler; grandfather of Benjamin
Philip Alschuler.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Court of Claims, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
vice-president and counsel, Western United Gas and
Electric Co.; director, publishing
companies and newspapers.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Edward Alschuler (1902-1977) —
also known as Jacob E. Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., July 9,
1902.
Nephew of Samuel
Alschuler; son of Benjamin
Phillip Alschuler; father of Benjamin
Philip Alschuler.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1940.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta
Beta Tau; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in May, 1977
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Interment at Spring
Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Ill.
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Jacob M. Arvey (1895-1977) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
3, 1895.
Son of Israel Arvey and Bertha (Eisenberg) Arvey; married, June 11,
1916, to Edith Freeman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alderman, 24th Ward, Chicago, 1923-41; commissioner, Chicago Park
District, 1945-67; delegate to
Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1968;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Cook County Democratic Party, 1946-50; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1950-.
Jewish. Russian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; Navy
League; Elks; Freemasons;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of heart
failure, in Weiss Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 1977 (age 81 years, 295
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel R. Ballis (1901-1981) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
11, 1901.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1981
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Lionel Bazelon (1909-1993) —
also known as David L. Bazelon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
3, 1909.
Son of Israel Bazelon and Lena (Krasnovsky) Bazelon; married, June 7,
1936, to Miriam M. Kellner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1948;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-79; took
senior status 1979.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1993 (age 83 years, 169
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sol Bloom (1870-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., March 9,
1870.
Son of Garrison Bloom and Sara Bloom; married 1897 to Evelyn
Hechheimer (1876-1941).
Democrat. Play
producer; entertainment
manager; songwriter;
furniture
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45,
20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the U.S. Naval
Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1949 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt.
Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
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Wesley Kanne Clark (b. 1944) —
also known as Wesley K. Clark; Wesley
Kanne —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
23, 1944.
Son of Benjamin J. Kanne (died 1948) and Veneta Updegraff (Bogard)
Kanne; step-son of Viktor Clark; married 1966 to
Gertrude 'Gert' Kingston.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; U.S.
Army General; Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 2004.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
Jewish ancestry.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 2000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Debra DeLee (b. 1948) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1948.
Democrat. School
teacher; lobbyist;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1994-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996,
2000;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2004,
2008;
president, Americans for Peace Now.
Female.
Jewish. Member, National
Education Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Rahm Israel Emanuel (b. 1959) —
also known as Rahm Emanuel;
"Rahmbo" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
29, 1959.
Democrat. Member of the White House staff, for President Bill
Clinton, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2004,
2008
(speaker);
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 2011-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2011.
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Martin Emerich (1846-1922) —
of Illinois.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 27,
1846.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1903-05.
Jewish.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
27, 1922 (age 76 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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David Englestein (c.1905-1996) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,
about 1905.
Married to Mary
C. Englestein.
Communist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1972.
Jewish.
Left the Communist Party in 1992; helped found the socialist
Committees of Correspondence.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
18, 1996 (age about 91
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard E. Epton —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1983.
Jewish.
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Jerome New Frank (1889-1957) —
also known as Jerome Frank —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1889.
Son of Herman Frank and Clara (New) Frank; married, July 18,
1914, to Florence Kiper.
Lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1937-41; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1939-41; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1941-57; died in
office 1957.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
13, 1957 (age 67 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan Frank (1852-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
23, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Jewish.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 5,
1931 (age 79 years, 41
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Daughter of Harry Goldstein and Miriam (Horowitz) Goldstein; married,
June
12, 1947, to Carl Friedan (divorced 1969).
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish and Russian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to National Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elmer Gertz (1906-2000) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
14, 1906.
Son of Morris Gertz and Grace Gertz.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 13th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died three months later, in a nursing
home at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 27,
2000 (age 93 years, 226
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) —
also known as Arthur J. Goldberg —
of Illinois; New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 8,
1908.
Married, July 18,
1931, to Dorothy Kurgans.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; general
counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that
group with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO,
1955; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960;
U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1961-62; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1977-78.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1978.
Died of coronary artery
disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1990 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph H. Goldenhersh (1914-1992) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
2, 1914.
Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1964-70; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 5th District, 1970-87.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of a stroke
following heart
surgery, March 11,
1992 (age 77 years, 130
days).
Interment at Beth
Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery, Ladue, Mo.
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Julius Goldzier (1854-1925) —
of Illinois.
Born in Austria,
January
20, 1854.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1893-95.
Jewish.
Died January
20, 1925 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Clem Graver (b. 1899) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1899.
Republican. Real estate
broker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1942; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1944-48; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Homel (born c.1944) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1944.
Democrat. University
professor; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993-95; defeated, 1995.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2004.
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Henry Horner (1879-1940) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
30, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1915-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
Governor
of Illinois, 1933-40; died in office 1940.
Jewish.
Died October
6, 1940 (age 60 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mayriv Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Suzanne Jacobs (b. 1936) —
of Florida.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 6,
1936.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 88th District, 1993-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1999.
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Malcolm S. Kamin (b. 1939) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
23, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1970.
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Grandnephew of Meyer
Kestnbaum; son of Justin Louis Kestenbaum (1925-1995) and
Maryhelen (Dietrich) Kestenbaum (1928-1985); married, November
17, 1990, to Janice Gutfreund.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate in primary
for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish. Hungarian,
German,
Polish,
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil
Liberties Union; Grange; Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2010.
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Son of Benjamin Kestnbaum (1872-1965) and Julia (Weintraub) Kestnbaum
(1876-1943); married, June 2,
1925, to Gertrude Dana (1895-1982); granduncle of Lawrence
Kestenbaum.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western Railway;
chair, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special assistant to Pres.
Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Julius Klein (1901-1984) —
also known as "Dutch" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1901.
Married to Helene von Holstein (died 1976).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1932; general in the U.S.
Army during World War II; public
relations business; lobbyist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1960;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1954.
Jewish. Member, Jewish
War Veterans.
Died, in the Great Lakes Naval Hospital,
Great Lakes, Lake
County, Ill., April 6,
1984 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip M. Klutznick (1907-1999) —
of Park Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 9,
1907.
Father of Bettylu
Klutznick Saltzman.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died August
14, 1999 (age 92 years, 36
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Bentley Kramer (b. 1942) —
also known as Kenneth B. Kramer; Ken
Kramer —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
19, 1942.
Son of Albert Aaron Kramer and Ruth (Pokrass) Kramer; married 1980 to Nancy
Pearson (died 1984; daughter of Helen
H. Pearson).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
Republican State Central Committee, 1973-82; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 5th District, 1979-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1986.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern
Advertising" —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany,
May 1,
1880.
Nephew of Eduard Lasker (1829-1884; German politician); son of Morris
Lasker (died 1916) and Nettie (Davis) Lasker (1856-1930); married 1902 to Flora
Warner (died 1936); married 1938 to Doris
Kenyon (1897-1979; divorced 1938); married, June 21,
1940, to Mary (Woodard) Reinhardt (1900-1994); father of Edward
Lasker; uncle of Morris
Edward Lasker.
Republican. Advertising
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1936,
1940;
University
of Illinois trustee, 1937-42.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
As part owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.
Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of
medical research.
Died, of cancer, in
the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1952 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) —
also known as M. Larry Lawrence —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1926.
Son of Sidney A. Lawrence and Tillie P. Astor Lawrence; married 1949 to
Geraldine Polland.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1964,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.
Jewish. Member, Zeta
Beta Tau.
Falsely
claimed to have served and been injured in the Merchant
Marine during World War
II; this was discovered
a year after his death.
Died, of leukemia
and blood
dyscrasia, in Berne, Switzerland,
January
9, 1996 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment in 1997 at El
Camino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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David F. Levi (b. 1951) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
29, 1951.
Son of Edward
Hirsch Levi and Kate (Sulzberger) Levi (1918-2003); married, July 14,
1973, to Nancy Ryerson Ranney.
Republican. Lawyer;
clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin
C. Duniway, 1980-81, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis
Powell, 1981-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1987-90; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1990-2007.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Still living as of 2007.
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Edward Hirsch Levi (1911-2000) —
also known as Edward H. Levi —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 26,
1911.
Son of Gerson B. Levi and Elsa B. (Hirsch) Levi; married, June 4,
1946, to Kate (Sulzberger) Hecht (1918-2003); father of David
F. Levi.
Lawyer;
law
professor; president
of the University of Chicago, 1968-75; first
Jewish president of a major U.S. university; U.S.
Attorney General, 1975-77.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 7,
2000 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Levin (1897-1970) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
18, 1897.
Father of Charles
Leonard Levin and Joseph
Levin; uncle of Sander
Martin Levin and Carl
Milton Levin.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1946-70;
died in office 1970.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
31, 1970 (age 73 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Irving Lezak (1924-2006) —
also known as Sidney I. Lezak —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1924.
Son of Manny Lezak and Celia (Weiner) Lezak; married, June 26,
1949, to Muriel Elaine Deutsch.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1961-82.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died April 24,
2006 (age 81 years, 167
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Litowich (1899-1973) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1953-58; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1959-64.
Jewish. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1973
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julian William Mack (1866-1943) —
also known as Julian W. Mack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1866.
Son of William Jacob Mack and Rebecca (Tandler) Mack; married, March 9,
1896, to Jessie Fox.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; circuit judge in Illinois, 1903-11; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court, 1908-10; Judge of
U.S. Commerce Court, 1911-13; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-40.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1943
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob H. Marks (1864-1920) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1864.
Republican. Member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910.
Jewish. Member, Maccabees.
Died, of endocarditis,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 6,
1920 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Ridgelawn
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Abner Joseph Mikva (b. 1926) —
also known as Abner J. Mikva —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
21, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1969-73, 1975-79 (2nd District
1969-73, 10th District 1975-79); Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1979-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Julius H. Miner (b. 1896) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate); circuit judge in Illinois, 1941.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Newton Norman Minow (b. 1926) —
also known as Newton N. Minow —
of Glencoe, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
17, 1926.
Son of Jay A. Minow and Doris (Stein) Minow; married, May 29,
1949, to Josephine Baskin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1961-63; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1972.
Jewish. Member, Order of the
Coif; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ira Nelson Morris (1857-1942) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 8,
1857.
Married 1898
to Constance Lily Rothschild.
Democrat. U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1914-23; consul general for Romania in Chicago.
Jewish.
Died in 1942
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugo Pam (b. 1870) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
25, 1870.
Son of Alexander Pam and Cecilia (Oestreicher) Pam.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Illinois, 1912-.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Arthur Phillips (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Phillips —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born, in Alton Memorial Hospital,
Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 30,
1952.
Son of Edwin Charles Phillips and Ada Mae (Russell) Phillips.
Republican. Meteorologist;
radio and
television broadcaster; airplane and
helicopter pilot; member of Arizona
state senate 28th District, 1991-94.
Episcopalian;
later Jewish. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Daniel Marshall Pierce (b. 1928) —
also known as Daniel M. Pierce; Dan Pierce —
of Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 31,
1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1962-66, 1970-73; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1972;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-85 (at-large 1965-67, 32nd
District 1967-83, 58th District 1983-85); Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1992,
1996,
2000;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 2000.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Urban
League; B'nai
B'rith; Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2000.
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Michael Rosenberg (b. 1886) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
9, 1886.
Son of Reuben Rosenberg and Fanny (Annenberg) Rosenberg; married, September
30, 1906, to Ethel Colitz.
Democrat. Partner, Rosenberg Iron and
Metal Company; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 19th District,
1920-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter A. Rosenfield (b. 1877) —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., June 13,
1877.
Son of Morris Rosenfield and Julia (Ottenheimer) Rosenfield; married
to Etta Orendorff.
Republican. Member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1916,
1924,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Rock Island, Ill., 1923-27.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Son of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild; married,
December
27, 1906, to Grace Levor.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting
Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel
Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Jewish. Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolph Joachim Sabath (1866-1952) —
also known as Adolph J. Sabath; A. J.
Sabath —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Bohemia (now part of Czech
Republic), April 4,
1866.
Son of Joachim Sabath and Barbara Sabath; married, December
31, 1917, to Mae Ruth Fuerst.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Illinois, 1895-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1907-52 (5th District 1907-49, 7th
District 1949-52); died in office 1952.
Jewish. Bohemian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Royal
League.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
6, 1952 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Edward Selig Salomon (1836-1913) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
December
25, 1836.
Cousin of Edward
P. Salomon.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1870-72; member of California
state assembly 42nd District, 1889-91.
Jewish. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died July 18,
1913 (age 76 years, 205
days).
Interment at Salem
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Janice D. Schakowsky (b. 1944) —
also known as Jan Schakowsky —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 26,
1944.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1990-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1999-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Samuel Harvey Shapiro (1907-1987) —
also known as Samuel H. Shapiro; Israel
Shapiro —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Estonia,
April
25, 1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1947-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68; Governor of
Illinois, 1968-69.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets; Moose; Kiwanis;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith; Alpha
Epsilon Pi.
The Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center (former Kankakee State
Hospital) was named for
him.
Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., March 16,
1987 (age 79 years, 325
days).
Interment at Jewish
Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Martin Tuchow (b. 1924) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 2,
1924.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Still living as of 1970.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1970.
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Victor H. Weissberg —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Rabbi; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2000.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2000.
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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.
Married to Adeline J. Holleb.
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.
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