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John Herbert Adler (1959-2011) —
also known as John H. Adler —
of Cherry Hill, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
23, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate, 1991-2008; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 2009-; defeated,
1990.
Jewish.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in connection with a staph
infection, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 4,
2011 (age 51 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Israel J. P. Adlerman (c.1879-1941) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1879.
Democrat. Member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; Justice of City Court in the
Bronx, 1933-41.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
3, 1941 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, 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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Harry Bacharach (b. 1873) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1873.
Son of Jacob Bacharach and Betty (Nusbaum) Bacharach.
Postmaster;
mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1912, 1916-20, 1930-35.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac Bacharach (1870-1956) —
also known as "Boardwalk Ike" —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Brigantine, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1870.
Son of Jacob Bacharach and Betty (Nusbaum) Bacharach.
Republican. Real estate
business; lumber
business; banker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1912; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1915-37; defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Jewish. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., September
5, 1956 (age 86 years, 244
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Nathan Barnert (1838-1927) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
September
20, 1838.
Democrat. Tailor; clothing
manufacturer; real estate
business; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1883-86, 1889-90; philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
23, 1927 (age 89 years, 94
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Miriam Phillips (died 1901). |
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Abraham Bernstein (1918-1990) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1961-90 (28th District 1961-65, 36th District 1966,
32nd District 1967-90); died in office 1990.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
One leg
was amputated in 1977 due to phlebitis.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Albert Einstein Medical
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March 4,
1990 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Schub and Gretchen Diamond. |
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Werner Michael Blumenthal (b. 1926) —
also known as W. Michael Blumenthal —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Oranienburg, Germany,
January
3, 1926.
Democrat. President, Bendix International, 1967-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
chairman, Burroughs
(1980-86), and Unisys
(1986-90); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 2008;
president, Berlin Jewish Museum.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jeffrey Boss (b. 1963) —
also known as Jeff Boss —
of Guttenberg, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born May 20,
1963.
Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2008; Independent candidate for President
of the United States, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) —
also known as C. Douglas Dillon; Clarence Douglass
Dillon —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland,
of American parents, August
21, 1909.
Son of Anne McEldin (Douglass) Dillon (1881-1961) and Clarence Dillon
(1882-1979; financier).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; financier;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1953-57; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.
Scottish,
French,
Swedish,
and Jewish ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on July 6, 1989.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 2003 (age 93 years, 142
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George M. Eichler (1896-1967) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., December
20, 1896.
Son of Morris Eichler and Julia (Greenwald) Eichler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1926, 1928;
candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1934.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion.
Died December
16, 1967 (age 70 years, 361
days).
Interment at Beth
Miriam Memorial Park, Neptune Township, Monmouth County, N.J.
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Abram Isaac Elkus (1867-1947) —
also known as Abram I. Elkus —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 6,
1867.
Son of Isaac Elkus and Julia Elkus.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1911-19; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1916-17; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1919-20; defeated, 1920.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Committee; Freemasons.
Died in Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
15, 1947 (age 80 years, 70
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Meyer C. Ellenstein (1886-1967) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
15, 1886.
Son of Max Ellenstein and Libby (Bzuroff) Ellenstein.
Democrat. Dentist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(alternate), 1940,
1948;
lawyer;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1933-41.
Jewish.
Died February
11, 1967 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oheb
Shalom Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Emanuel J. Evans (b. 1907) —
also known as Mutt Evans —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., May 2,
1907.
Son of Isaac Evans and Sarah (Newmark) Evans.
Democrat. President, United Department
Stores; chairman, Cape Fear Feed
Products; director, Wachovia Bank;
trustee, Watts Hospital;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1951-62.
Jewish. Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Farbstein (1902-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1902.
Son of Louis Farbstein and Yetta Schlanger Farbstein.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1933-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1957-71; defeated in
primary, 1970.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; American
Judicature Society.
Died, of advanced heart
disease, at New York Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1993 (age 91 years, 28
days).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Philip Forman (1895-1978) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
30, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1928-32; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1932-59; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1959-61.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died August
17, 1978 (age 82 years, 260
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Benjamin Martin Golder (1891-1946) —
also known as Benjamin M. Golder —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Alliance, Salem
County, N.J., December
23, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1917-25; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1946 (age 55 years, 7
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Gary Edward Greenblatt (1949-2010) —
also known as Gary E. Greenblatt —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born December
1, 1949.
Son of Newton Greenblatt (1923-1997) and Ruth (Rosenbaum) Greenblatt.
Democrat. Real estate
broker; lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly 1st District, 1975; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1976;
director and vice-president, Covenant Bank; board
chairman, Landis Savings
Bank.
Jewish.
Died in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., April 8,
2010 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Alliance
Cemetery, Norma, N.J.
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Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) —
also known as Nelson G. Gross —
of Saddle River, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born January
9, 1932.
Son of Albert Gross.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1962; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1968;
chair
of Bergen County Republican Party, 1969; New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1970; real estate
developer; restaurant
owner.
Jewish.
Indicted
in May 1973 on charges
of falsifying
a $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov. William
T. Cahill, conspiring to commit tax
evasion by disguising the contribution as a business expense, and
counseling a witness to commit perjury;
convicted
in March 1974, and sentenced
to two years jail;
served six months.
Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York,
and stabbed
to death, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1997 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) —
also known as Harry F. Guggenheim —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in West End, Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
23, 1890.
Son of Daniel Guggenheim (1856-1930) and Florence (Schloss)
Guggenheim.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining and
smelting
business; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, of
Newsday, the daily newspaper
of Long Island, New York.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer, in
Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1971 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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David Harrison (1900-1969) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Poland,
October
4, 1900.
Son of Jacob Harrison and Sarah (Grossberg) Harrison.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1937.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1969
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1930
to Belle R. Roemer. |
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Charles Samuel Joelson (1916-1999) —
also known as Charles S. Joelson; Chuck
Joelson —
of New Jersey.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
27, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1961-69; defeated,
1954; state court judge in New Jersey, 1969.
Jewish.
Died, at the CentraState Medical
Center, Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
20, 1999 (age 83 years, 205
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur George Klein (1904-1968) —
also known as Arthur G. Klein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 8,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1941-45, 1946-56 (14th District
1941-45, 19th District 1946-56); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957-58.
Jewish.
Died February
20, 1968 (age 63 years, 196
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Fairview, N.J.
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Herbert Charles Klein (b. 1930) —
also known as Herb Klein —
of Clifton, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 24,
1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-75; defeated, 1975; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Abram Klenert (1869-1943) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., February
16, 1869.
Son of Victor Klenert (c.1837-1926) and Rose Klenert.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1907;
defeated, 1909; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1913;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1928.
Jewish. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in his apartment at the Alexander Hamilton Hotel,
Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 8,
1943 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Bessie Woods. |
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Charles K. Krieger (c.1914-1982) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
about 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1971; defeated, 1971.
Jewish.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., June 17,
1982 (age about 68
years).
Interment at United
Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (b. 1924) —
also known as Frank R. Lautenberg —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.; Secaucus, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
23, 1924.
Son of Samuel Lautenberg and Mollie Lautenberg.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1982-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Aaron Lazarow (1923-2008) —
also known as Joseph Lazarow —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born December
17, 1923.
Son of Morris Lazarow and Eva Lazarow.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1976-82.
Jewish.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
3, 2008 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment at Beth
Kehillah Cemetery, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, N.J.
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Leon Leonard (b. 1909) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born March 11,
1909.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1941-47; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1947; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Atlantic
County, 1947.
Jewish. Member, Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) —
also known as Allard Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Son of Gabriel Abraham Lowenstein and Augusta (Goldberg) Lowenstein.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated in
primary, 1972, 1978.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law
office in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,
in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 14,
1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Son of Isaac Barnett 'Barney' Mailer and Fanny (Schneider) Mailer.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine
editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
in New York City, 1954-55; arrested
and jailed in
1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph B. Perskie (1885-1957) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Alliance, Salem
County, N.J., July 20,
1885.
Son of Harris Perskie and Minnie (Levit) Perskie.
Republican. Lawyer; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1933-47.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died May 29,
1957 (age 71 years, 313
days).
Interment at Beth
Kehillah Cemetery, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, N.J.
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Steven P. Perskie (b. 1945) —
of Margate, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
10, 1945.
Son of David
M. Perskie.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 2nd District, 1972-76.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1976.
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Benjamin J. Rabin (1896-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1945-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1948-69; died in office 1969.
Jewish.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
22, 1969 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
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Leo Frederick Rayfiel (1888-1978) —
also known as Leo F. Rayfiel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1939-44; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1945-47.
Jewish.
Died in Wayne, Passaic
County, N.J., November
18, 1978 (age about 90
years).
Interment at Wellwood
Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Stephen B. Richer (b. 1946) —
of Randolph, Morris
County, N.J.; Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Beth Israel Hospital,
Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
18, 1946.
Democrat. Candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1969, 1971; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1980.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2005.
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Samuel Roman (1910-1998) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, in a hospital,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
26, 1910.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1947-54;
defeated, 1944, 1954.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Author and sponsor of nation's first law
against racial discrimination in places of public accomodation, 1953.
Died, of a stroke, in
Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
11, 1998 (age 88 years, 16
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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Steven R. Rothman (b. 1952) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.; Fair Lawn, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
14, 1952.
Democrat. Mayor
of Englewood, N.J., 1983-89; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Dore Schary (1905-1980) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
31, 1905.
Son of Herman Hugo Schary and Belle (Drachler) Schary.
Democrat. Actor,
playwright,
screenwriter,
movie
producer; replaced Louis
B. Mayer as head of M-G-M Studios in 1951; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died July 7,
1980 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Cemetery, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Carl Sherman (c.1891-1956) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Olmütz, Austria (now Olomouc, Czech
Republic), about 1891.
Son of Sanda Sherman and Pauline (Opler) Sherman.
Democrat. New York
state attorney general, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1948
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1942; treasurer of
New York Democratic Party, 1945-50.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress.
Died in Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1956 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Nelson F. Stamler (b. 1909) —
of Union Township, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 4,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1960-62; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1962-68.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Zimmer (b. 1944) —
also known as Dick Zimmer —
of Flemington, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
16, 1944.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1982-87; defeated, 1979; member
of New
Jersey state senate, 1987-91; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1991-97; defeated,
2000; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1996; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 2008.
Jewish. Member, Common
Cause.
Still living as of 2009.
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