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Arnold Abbott (b. 1924) —
of Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., April 12,
1924.
Son of Melvin M. Rosenbloom and Rebecca (Marcy) Rosenbloom.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964.
Jewish. Member, United
World Federalists; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1967.
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Herman Bernstein (1876-1935) —
Born in Russia,
September
21, 1876.
Son of David Bernstein and Marie (Elsohn) Bernstein.
Author;
translator;
journalist;
founder and editor of The Day, Jewish daily newspaper;
published the "Willy-Nicky Correspondence," secret telegrams between
the Kaiser and the Czar, 1918; sued Henry
Ford for libel over anti-Semitic statements published in the
Dearborn Independent newspaper, and won a retraction; author of book
The History of a Lie (1921) which exposed "The Protocols of
the Elders of Zion" as fraudulent; U.S. Minister to Albania, 1930-33.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; Zionist
Organization of America.
Died in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
31, 1935 (age 58 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Rubens Bloomberg (b. 1942) —
also known as Michael Bloomberg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Brighton, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
14, 1942.
Son of Charlotte Bloomberg.
Republican. Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2002-.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) —
also known as Louis D. Brandeis —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
13, 1856.
Son of Adolph Brandeis (1822-1906) and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis
(1829-1901).
Lawyer;
law clerk to Justice Horace
Gray, 1879-80; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.
Jewish.
Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., and the Louis D. Brandeis
School of Law, in Louisville, Ky., are named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
5, 1941 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at University
of Louisville Law School, Louisville, Ky.
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Elizabeth S. Brater (b. 1951) —
also known as Liz Brater —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 12,
1951.
Democrat. Mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1991-93; defeated, 1993; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1995-2002; member
of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 2003-.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2006.
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Stephen Gerald Breyer (b. 1938) —
also known as Stephen G. Breyer —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
15, 1938.
Law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur
J. Goldberg, 1964-65; lawyer; law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1980-94; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1994-.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Matthew Brown (1905-2003) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 26,
1905.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1960.
Jewish.
Died September
5, 2003 (age 98 years, 163
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Susan A. Davis (b. 1944) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 13,
1944.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1994-2001; U.S.
Representative from California, 2001-08 (49th District 2001-03,
53rd District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Jewish.
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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Daniel Englander —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Mayor
of Pittsfield, Mass., 1902.
Jewish.
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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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.
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George Fingold (d. 1958) —
of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1953-58; died in office 1958.
Jewish.
Died August
31, 1958.
Interment at Pride
of Boston Cemetery, Woburn, Mass.
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Barney Frank (b. 1940) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March 31,
1940.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-80; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1981-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Gay.
Admitted
in 1990 to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex, subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal
assistant, and getting 33 parking tickets dismissed for him; Gobie
also used the congressman's apartment for prostitution. A move to expel
Frank from the House of Representatives failed on a 38 to 390 vote; a
motion to censure
him failed 141-287; finally, the House voted to reprimand
him by a vote of 408 to 18.
Still living as of 2009.
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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.
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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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Louis H. Glaser (1910-1989) —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Poland,
June
15, 1910.
Son of Philip Glaser and Lillian (Burstein) Glaser.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans.
Died October
4, 1989 (age 79 years, 111
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph B. Grossman (b. 1892) —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 15,
1892.
Republican. Building
materials merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1927-28; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 2nd District, 1933-36.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxwell Bernard Grossman (b. 1897) —
also known as Maxwell B. Grossman —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 21,
1897.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948.
Jewish. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
President, Massachusetts Envelope Co.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald H. Hackel (b. 1925) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 1,
1925.
Son of Myer Jacob Hackel and Rose (Milhender) Hackel.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1956;
member of Vermont
Democratic State Committee, 1961-67.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1967.
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Robert James Harris (1930-2005) —
also known as Robert J. Harris; Bob Harris —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
5, 1930.
Son of Louis Harris and Bertha (Herman) Harris.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; law
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1969-73.
Jewish. Lithuanian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of brain
lymphoma, in Scio Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 10,
2005 (age 74 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arborcrest
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Samuel Kalesky (b. 1877) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
13, 1877.
Son of Louis Kalesky and Amelia Kalesky.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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 |
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Joseph M. Levenson (b. 1881) —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 24,
1881.
Son of John Levenson and Fannie (Heifetz) Levenson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1916.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1918
to Frances Anna Hahn. |
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Hyman Mann (1898-1972) —
also known as Honey Mann; Hyman Manevitch —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 4,
1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives.
Jewish.
Died, in the Veterans Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 16,
1972 (age 74 years, 12
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, Woburn, Mass.
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Theodore D. Mann (c.1923-1994) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born about 1923.
Son of Hyman
Mann.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1972-94.
Jewish.
Died of leukemia,
April
9, 1994 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Mishkan
Tefila Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Louis Burt Mayer (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis B. Mayer; Lazar Meir —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Dymer, Russia (now Ukraine),
July
12, 1884.
Son of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer.
Republican. Owned movie
theaters in New England; moved into the movie
production business starting in 1916; head of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) movie
studio, 1924-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1928,
1932;
vice-chair
of California Republican Party, 1931-32; California
Republican state chair, 1932-33.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of leukemia
and a kidney
infection, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1957 (age 73 years, 109
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer; married, June 14,
1903, to Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944) and Margaret
Shenberg (1883-1955); married, December
4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Irene Gladys Mayer
(1907-1990; who married David
Oliver Selznick) and Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who married William
Goetz). See Mayer
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dore
Schary |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Louis B. Mayer: Charles
Higham, Merchant
of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, MGM, and the Secret
Hollywood — Gary Carey, All
the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's MGM — Diana
Altman, Hollywood
East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio
System — Charles Higham, The
Merchant of Dreams: A Biography of Louis B. Mayer |
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Margaret Mayer (1883-1955) —
also known as Margaret Shenberg; Mrs. Louis B.
Mayer —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
3, 1883.
Daughter of Hyman Shenberg and Rachel Shenberg.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in 1955
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leopold Morse (1831-1892) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Germany,
August
15, 1831.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1877-85, 1887-89 (4th District
1877-83, 5th District 1883-85, 3rd District 1887-89); defeated, 1870,
1872.
Jewish.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
15, 1892 (age 61 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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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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H. Murray Pakulski (b. 1880) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Son of Jacob Pakulski and Rosalie (Davidson) Pakulski.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908,
1912
(alternate).
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Phillips (b. 1941) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born February
6, 1941.
Candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1978; U.S. Taxpayers candidate for President
of the United States, 1992, 1996, 2000.
Jewish; later Evangelical
Christian.
Still living as of 2010.
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Viola R. Pinanski (1897-1994) —
also known as Viola Rottenberg —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 24,
1897.
Daughter of Julius Rottenberg and Fannie (Berg) Rottenberg.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956
(alternate); hospital
trustee.
Female.
Jewish.
Died January
11, 1994 (age 96 years, 201
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxwell M. Rabb (b. 1910) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Son of Solomon Rabb and Rose (Kostick) Rabb.
Republican. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937-43, and U.S. Sen. Sinclair
Weeks, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Abraham Captain Ratshesky (1864-1943) —
also known as Abraham C. Ratshesky; A. C.
Ratshesky —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1864.
Son of Asher Ratshesky and Bertha Ratshesky.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892,
1904,
1916,
1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1892-94; U.S. Minister to Czechoslovakia, 1930-32.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1943
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick William Richmond (b. 1923) —
also known as Frederick W. Richmond; Fred
Richmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, November
15, 1923.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1975-82.
Jewish.
Arrested
in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting
sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer; pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor. In 1982, charged
with tax
evasion, marijuana
possession, and improper
payments to a federal employee, he pleaded
guilty and was sentenced
to a year and a day in prison;
served nine months.
Still living as of 1998.
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Warren Bruce Rudman (b. 1930) —
also known as Warren B. Rudman —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 18,
1930.
Republican. New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1970-76; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1980-93; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1988.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Adam B. Schiff (b. 1960) —
of Burbank, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1960.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1996-2001; U.S.
Representative from California, 2001-08 (27th District 2001-03,
29th District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2004,
2008
(member, Platform
Committee).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1905.
Republican. Real estate
broker; banker;
candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1952,
1956.
Jewish.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1924
to Lillian Tverskoi (died 1958). |
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Jacob J. Spiegel (b. 1901) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
24, 1901.
Son of Israel Spiegel and Mollie (Greenbaum) Spiegel.
Lawyer;
legislative secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937; municipal judge in Massachusetts,
1939-60; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1961-72.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Harrison Swig (1893-1980) —
also known as Benjamin H. Swig —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., November
17, 1893.
Son of Simon Swig and Fannie (Levy) Swig.
Democrat. Chairman, Fairmont Hotel
Co.; chairman, Western Dairy
Products, Inc.; president, Security Title Insurance
Co., Benefit Standard Life
Insurance Co., Beneficial Fire and
Casualty Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1980
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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