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Charles A. Binder (c.1858-1891) —
also known as John Roth —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1858.
Son of Margaret Binder.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886.
German ancestry.
Accused
in 1891 of embezzling
$20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman; fled
and became a fugitive,
traveling under the alias "John Roth".
Committed suicide
by gunshot,
in his room at the Sheridan House Hotel, and
died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1891 (age about 33
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John August Britting (1898-1968) —
also known as John A. Britting —
of East Farmingdale, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New Jersey, April 3,
1898.
Republican. Deputy treasurer of Suffolk County, 1942-54; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 3rd District, 1955-56; called
to testify in 1956 during an investigation
of his handling of tax-foreclosed properties as deputy county
treasurer (known as the "land grab" scandal),
he took the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
to refuse to answer questions; indicted
on bribery
and conspiracy charges
for channeling properties to favored speculators and receiving part
of the profits; tried in
1958 and convicted;
sentenced
to five to ten years in prison
and fined
$27,000; released pending appeal; also convicted
in a related case in 1959; in 1960, his prison sentence was reduced
to one to two years.
German ancestry.
Died in October, 1968
(age 70
years, 0 days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Jr. (1868-1929) —
also known as Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr. —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
6, 1868.
Son of Augusta (Mushbach) Katzenbach and Frank Snowden Katzenbach
(1844-1921).
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1902-06; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1907; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1920-29; died in
office 1929.
Presbyterian.
German ancestry.
Died, from sepsis
resulting from a leg
infection, in Mercer Hospital,
Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 13,
1929 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing Township, Mercer County, N.J.
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Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930) —
also known as Ardolph L. Kline —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., February
21, 1858.
Son of Anthony Kline and Margaret (Busby) Kline.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Episcopalian.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1930 (age 72 years, 234
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William F. Kruse (1894-1952) —
also known as Bill Kruse —
of Illinois.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., 1894.
Socialist. Bookkeeper;
indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried and
convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1918, 1920; delegate
to Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1921.
German and Danish
ancestry.
Died in 1952
(age about
58 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Nast (1840-1902) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Landau, Germany,
September
27, 1840.
Son of Joseph Thomas Nast and Appolonia (Abriss) Nast.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; news
correspondent and cartoonist
for Harper's Weekly and other magazines
and newspapers;
noted for his creation of such icons as the Republican elephant and
Democratic donkey; instrumental in the downfall of New York City
political boss William
M. Tweed; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1902, died in office 1902.
German ancestry.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Guayaquil, Ecuador,
December
7, 1902 (age 62 years, 71
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Guayaquil, Ecuador; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March 16,
1912.
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan.
Republican. School
teacher; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German ancestry.
The Pat Nixon Elementary School in Cerritos, California, is named for
her.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Pauline H. Peterson —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
School
teacher and principal; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Female.
English
and German ancestry. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Soroptimists;
American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harold A. Peterson. |
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Anthony Atwood Skirm —
also known as Anthony A. Skirm —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Son of Edward Skirm.
Mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1889-91.
Presbyterian.
German ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rachel Myers. |
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March 18,
1863.
Son of Thomas Sulzer and Lydia Sulzer.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-09, 16th District 1909-11, 10th District 1911-12);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Peter Wintermute (1806-1876) —
of Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Sussex
County, N.J., August
20, 1806.
Son of Peter Wintermute (1773-1837) and Sarah (Kiser) Wintermute
(1774-1852).
Republican. Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1859.
German ancestry.
Died in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 4,
1876 (age 69 years, 258
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1841
to Emeline Lain. |
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H. Otto Wittpen —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1908-13.
German ancestry.
Interment at Hoboken
Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
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