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Robert Adams (b. 1915) —
also known as Bob Adams —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., June 17,
1915.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wyoming, 1952;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Laramie County, 1957, 1965;
member of Wyoming
state senate, 1967.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Still living as of 1967.
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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Son of Henry Martyn Alexander and Susan Mary (Brown) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance company;
director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Jack Alter (1927-2007) —
of Fort Lee, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
21, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; mayor of
Fort Lee, N.J., 1992-2007; nominated, but died before the
election 2007; died in office 2007.
Jewish.
Died in Englewood Hospital,
Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., August
27, 2007 (age 79 years, 249
days).
Interment at Knollwood
Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
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Theodore Frank Appleby (1864-1924) —
also known as T. Frank Appleby —
of Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Old Bridge, Middlesex
County, N.J., October
10, 1864.
Son of Theodore Frelinguysen Appleby and Margaret Susanna (Mount)
Appleby.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1896;
mayor
of Asbury Park, N.J., 1908-12; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., December
15, 1924 (age 60 years, 66
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge, N.J.
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George Alexander Armstrong (1887-1970) —
also known as George A. Armstrong —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
5, 1887.
Son of James Sinclair Armstrong and Lizzie Howard (Welsh) Armstrong.
Insurance broker; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S. Vice Consul in Zurich, 1924-28; Nice, 1928-31; Monaco, 1929-31; U.S. Consul in Kingston, 1935-36; Colombo, 1937; Manchester, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in Neptune, Monmouth
County, N.J., December
15, 1970 (age 83 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (1874-1945) —
also known as Oscar L. Auf der Heide —
of West New York, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1874.
Son of Carl F. Auf der Heide and Louise Auf der Heide.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; director of several banks;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1908-11; mayor
of West New York, N.J., 1914-17; Hudson
County Freeholder, 1915-24; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-35 (11th District 1925-33,
14th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1928,
1932;
president, Elizabeth Brewing Co.
Died in West New York, Hudson
County, N.J., March 29,
1945 (age 70 years, 111
days).
Interment at Hoboken
Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
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William H. Bright (b. 1863) —
of Ocean City, Cape May
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bridgehampton, Sanilac
County, Mich., October
21, 1863.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; Cape
May County Sheriff, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Cape May County, 1919-27.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred C. Brooks (c.1897-1947) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., about 1897.
Son of John R. Brooks.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1931-34.
Died, in the Pine Acres Nursing
Home, Madison, Morris
County, N.J., July 18,
1947 (age about 50
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Irene Harriman. |
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William John Browning (1850-1920) —
also known as William J. Browning —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., April 11,
1850.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; postmaster;
insurance business; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1911-20; died in
office 1920.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the barber shop of the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., March 24,
1920 (age 69 years, 348
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Cornelius V. Clickener —
also known as C. V. Clickener —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Democrat. Director, Columbia Fire Insurance Co. of New York;
mayor
of Hoboken, N.J., 1855-57; defeated, 1857; member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1857-59.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Clarkson Clothier (b. 1885) —
also known as Robert C. Clothier —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
8, 1885.
Son of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier.
Newspaper
reporter; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
vice-president, Scott Company (industrial personnel consultants),
1918-23; Dean of Men, University of Pittsburgh, 1929-32; director,
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company; president,
Rutgers University, 1932; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947.
Christian
Reformed.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier; married, June 24,
1916, to Nathalie Wilson; father of Arthur Clothier (c.1920-1942;
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John Fairfield Dryden (1839-1911) —
also known as John F. Dryden —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Temple, Franklin
County, Maine, August 7,
1839.
Son of John Dryden and Elizabeth B. Dryden.
Republican. Founder and president, Prudential Insurance
Company of America; director, U.S. Steel
Corporation; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1896,
1900;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1902-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1904.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., November
24, 1911 (age 72 years, 109
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Edward Dickinson Duffield (1871-1938) —
also known as Edward D. Duffield —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1871.
Son of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1904-05; village
president of South Orange, New Jersey, 1917; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1936;
president, Prudential Insurance Company, 1922-38; acting
president, Princeton University, 1932-33; director, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Company.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Suffered a stroke,
and died the next day, in South Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
17, 1938 (age 67 years, 198
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield;
married, April 21,
1897, to Josephine Reade Curtis; married 1916 to Barbara
Freeman. |
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Edgar H. Ellis (b. 1894) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., June 14,
1894.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1926-27.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph H. Forsyth (b. 1879) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born near Pemberton, Burlington
County, N.J., May 30,
1879.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1927-28.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin William Fort (1880-1937) —
also known as Franklin W. Fort —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 30,
1880.
Son of John
Franklin Fort and Charlotte Elizabeth (Stainsby) Fort.
Republican. Lawyer;
Recorder of East Orange, 1907-08; manager, Eagle Fire
Insurance Company; president, Lincoln National Bank;
chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1925-31; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 20,
1937 (age 57 years, 82
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.
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Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869-1948) —
also known as Joseph S. Frelinghuysen —
of Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J.; Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J., March 12,
1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
fire insurance business; member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1906-11; defeated, 1902; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924,
1944.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange; Union
League; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died February
9, 1948 (age 78 years, 334
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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John James Gardner (1845-1921) —
also known as John J. Gardner —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic
County, N.J., October
17, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
insurance business; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1868-72, 1874-75; member of New Jersey
state senate from Atlantic County, 1878-92; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1884,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1893-1913; defeated,
1912.
Died in Indian Mills, Burlington
County, N.J., February
7, 1921 (age 75 years, 113
days).
Interment at Atlantic
City Cemetery, Pleasantville, N.J.
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Frank Joseph Hanson (b. 1893) —
also known as Frank J. Hanson —
of Totowa, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 12,
1893.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1927.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Francis James (1873-1945) —
also known as W. Frank James —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1873.
Son of William F. James and Elizabeth A. (Williams) James.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate and insurance business; Houghton
County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor of
Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated,
1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Cornish
ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees;
Foresters;
Eagles.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
17, 1945 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles A. Lighthipe (1824-1905) —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., October
11, 1824.
Hat
maker and manufacturer of hat-forming
machines; director, Morris and Essex Railroad;
director, American Insurance Company of Newark; organizer,
Citizens Gas
Company of Newark; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a paralytic
stroke, and died two years later, in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., February
14, 1905 (age 80 years, 126
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael James Pappas (b. 1960) —
also known as Mike Pappas —
of Franklin Township, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., December
29, 1960.
Republican. Insurance business; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1997-99; defeated,
1998.
Still living as of 1999.
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William A. Prickitt (1839-1929) —
of near Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth
County, N.J., March 20,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker;
insurance business; stockbroker;
U.S. Consul in Rheims, 1897-1905; U.S. Consul General in Auckland, 1905-14.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
6, 1929 (age 89 years, 292
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.J.
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Joseph Webber Savage (d. 1884) —
also known as J. W. Savage —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Banker;
insurance executive; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1880-81, 1884; died in office 1884.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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Norman C. Stevens (c.1884-1932) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., about 1884.
Republican. Insurance executive; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1924-28.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
12, 1932 (age about 48
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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H. Donald Stewart (born c.1949) —
of Woodstown, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J., about 1949.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 3rd District, 1972-76.
Member, Jaycees;
Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 1976.
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Henry R. Tatem (c.1859-1938) —
of Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J.
Born about 1859.
Postmaster;
real
estate and insurance business; president, Collingswood
National Bank; mayor
of Collingswood, N.J., 1895-96; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1909-10.
Died in Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J., April 14,
1938 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. Zisa —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Hackensack, N.J., 2001-02; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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