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Adolph Abeles (1817-1855) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Petchau, Bohemia (now Czech
Republic), April 3,
1817.
Merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives; elected 1850.
Jewish.
On the inaugural run of the Pacific Railroad, from St. Louis to
Jefferson City, Mo., he was drowned
when the bridge over the Gasconade River collapsed,
sending the train into
the water, near Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo., November
1, 1855 (age 38 years, 212
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Moses Alexander (1853-1932) —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Obrigheim, Bavaria, Germany,
November
13, 1853.
Son of Nathan Alexander and Emma Alexander.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; mayor
of Chillicothe, Mo., 1887; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1897-99, 1901-03; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1924;
Governor
of Idaho, 1915-19; defeated, 1908, 1922.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, January
4, 1932 (age 78 years, 52
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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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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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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Henry A. Guinzburg (b. 1856) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 11,
1856.
Son of Aaron Guinzburg and Caroline (Kuh) Guinzburg.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1896.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Hamburg (b. 1948) —
also known as Dan Hamburg —
of Ukiah, Mendocino
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
6, 1948.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Moses Hartmann (b. 1872) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born November
26, 1872.
Son of Ignatz Hartmann and Anna (Kohn) Hartmann.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1919-37.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chic Hecht (1928-2006) —
also known as Mayer Jacob Hecht —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., November
30, 1928.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nevada, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1983-89; defeated, 1988; U.S. Ambassador to
Bahamas, 1989-93.
Jewish.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., May 15,
2006 (age 77 years, 166
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.
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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Linda Lingle (b. 1953) —
of Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 4,
1953.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Governor of
Hawaii, 2002-; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Hawaii, 2008
(delegation chair).
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) —
Born in Hungary,
April
10, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Missouri state legislature, 1869; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 31st District, 1875;
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1885-86.
Jewish.
Died aboard his
yacht in the harbor of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
29, 1911 (age 64 years, 202
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Harry C. Raiffie (1908-1968) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 12,
1908.
Democrat. Vending
machine business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1952-67.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1968
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Chesed
Shel Emeth Cemetery, University City, Mo.
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Kenneth Joel Rothman (b. 1935) —
also known as Kenneth J. Rothman —
of University City, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
11, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1963-80; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1981-85.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Mu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1993.
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Alice Sachs (1905-1997) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 1905.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958,
1960; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1976.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; League of Women
Voters; B'nai
B'rith; Urban
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died at the Hallmark Nursing
Centre in North Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March 29,
1997 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Sale —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Republican. Rabbi; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1896.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maurice Schecter (1904-2001) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 27,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1935-40; member of Missouri
state senate 13th District, 1961-76.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Missouri Baptist Medical
Center, Town and Country, St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 2001 (age 96 years, 218
days).
Interment at Chesed
Shel Emeth Cemetery No. 2, Creve Coeur, Mo.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Son of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German,
and Jewish ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope (1872-1957;
president of General Electric, 1922-39); married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell (1890-1967). |
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