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John Ries Bartels (1897-1997) —
also known as John R. Bartels —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
8, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1944;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-52; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1959-73;
took senior status 1973.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in Long Island Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
13, 1997 (age 99 years, 97
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John L. Boettner, Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Si Boettner —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., June 18,
1943.
Son of John Lewis Boettner, Sr. and Grace (Mitter) Boettner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 17th District, 1975-78;
defeated, 1970, 1972; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1979-89; resigned 1989.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Sierra
Club; Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 1989.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. (b. 1940) —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
18, 1940.
Son of Thomas
Hale Boggs, Sr. and Corinne
Claiborne Boggs.
Democrat. Economist;
lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1970.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bernard Joseph Flynn (1888-1971) —
also known as Bernard J. Flynn —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
10, 1888.
Son of Bernard Flynn and Mary (McGann) Flynn.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1934-53.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in September, 1971
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Albert Kaufman (1916-1997) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 4,
1916.
U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1966-86.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., July 31,
1997 (age 81 years, 149
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Leser (b. 1870) —
of Maryland.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
16, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Lee Loevinger (1913-2004) —
of Minnesota; Washington,
D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 24,
1913.
Son of Gustavus Loevinger and Millie (Strouse) Loevinger.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1960-61; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-68.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April 26,
2004 (age 91 years, 2
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Calvert Magruder (1893-1968) —
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., December
26, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1939-59.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died May 22,
1968 (age 74 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Son of Willis Smith and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Order of the
Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Melvin A. Steinberg (b. 1933) —
of Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
4, 1933.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-87; Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1987-95; candidate in primary for Governor of
Maryland, 1994.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1995.
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