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Benjamin D. Burdick (1903-1987) —
also known as Ben Burdick —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., July 2,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1956,
1960
(alternate); member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1963-77; appointed 1963.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
5, 1987 (age 84 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Harry Cohen (b. 1892) —
also known as George H. Cohen —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
5, 1892.
Son of Abraham L. Cohen and Sarah (Grodjiensky) Cohen.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; magazine
editor; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; B'nai B'rith; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel L. Fein (b. 1899) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Russia,
June
8, 1899.
Son of Abraham Fein and Sarah (Schwartz) Fein.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Tau
Epsilon Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard Ginsburg (b. 1898) —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Kiev, Ukraine,
August
1, 1898.
Son of Myer Ginsburg and Sonia (Segal) Ginsburg.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-26, 1929-30; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1932-36; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks;
B'nai B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Pack (1899-1945) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
25, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1931-38; member of
New
York state senate, 1939-45 (22nd District 1939-44, 25th District
1945); died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai B'rith; Freemasons.
Died August 7,
1945 (age 46 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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