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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April 11,
1862.
Son of Rev. David Charles Hughes and Mary Catherine (Connelly)
Hughes.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Governor of
New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President
of the United States, 1916; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Union
League.
Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Son of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Italian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., is named for
him.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William F. Havemeyer (1804-1874) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1804.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1845-46, 1848-49, 1873-74.
Died in 1874
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 19,
1879.
Son of James Mitchel and Mary (Purroy) Mitchel.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of George
V. Mullan, 1902-13; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1913; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated in primary, 1917; on
April 17, 1914, at Park Row, New York, he was shot
at by an M. P. Mahoney, an unemployed carpenter; the bullet
missed the mayor, but struck and wounded Frank L. Polk, the city's
Corporation Counsel.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Killed in a plane
crash during World War
I military training, at Gerstner Field, near Holmwood, Calcasieu
Parish, La., July 6,
1918 (age 38 years, 352
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849-1918) —
also known as Robert A. Van Wyck —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1898-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Paris, France,
November
30, 1918 (age 69 years, 133
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795-1858) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook Landing, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
17, 1795.
Son of Medad Butler and Hannah (Tylee) Butler.
Lawyer;
Albany
County District Attorney, 1821-24; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1828; U.S.
Attorney General, 1833-38; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1838-41, 1845-48;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1844.
Presbyterian.
Died in Paris, France,
November
8, 1858 (age 62 years, 326
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Presumably named
for: Benjamin
Franklin |
| | | Relatives: Descendant of Oliver
Cromwell (1599-1658; English military leader and politician); son of
Medad Butler and Hannah (Tylee) Butler; married 1818 to Harriet
Allen. |
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William L. Strong (1827-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1827.
Republican. Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1895-97.
Died in 1900
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Lindley Miller Garrison (1864-1932) —
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., November
28, 1864.
Son of Rev. Joseph Fithian Garrison and Elizabeth Vanarsdale (Grant)
Garrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1913-16; resigned 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sea Bright, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
19, 1932 (age 67 years, 326
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Daniel Scott Lamont (1851-1905) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born February
9, 1851.
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1893-97.
Died July 23,
1905 (age 54 years, 164
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832-1896) —
also known as Benjamin H. Bristow —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., June 20,
1832.
Son of Francis
Marion Bristow and Emily E. (Helm) Bristow.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1863-65; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1866-70; law partner of John
M. Harlan, 1870; U.S.
Solicitor General, 1870-72; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1874-76; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1876.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, from appendicitis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1896 (age 64 years, 2
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Thomas Francis Gilroy (1840-1911) —
also known as Thomas F. Gilroy —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ireland,
June
3, 1840.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1888
(alternate), 1896;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1893-94.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
1, 1911 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Newbold Morris (1902-1966) —
also known as Augustus Newbold Morris —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1902.
Son of Col. Newbold Morris and Helen Schermerhorn (Kingsland) Morris.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1945, 1949 (Republican); New York City
Parks Commissioner, 1960-66.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 31,
1966 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Alfred Clark Chapin (1848-1936) —
also known as Alfred C. Chapin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1848.
Son of Ephraim Chapin and Josephine Jerusha (Clark) Chapin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1882-83; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1883; New York
state comptroller, 1884-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888-91; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891-92.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
October
2, 1936 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) —
also known as William C. Whitney —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., July 5,
1841.
Son of James
S. Whitney.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89; established
the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894.
Died, following appendicitis
surgery, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1904 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August 1,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 27,
1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Jesse Isidor Straus (1872-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 25,
1872.
Son of Isidor
Straus and Ida (Blum) Straus.
President, R. H. Macy & Co. department
stores; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1933-36.
Jewish.
Member, Sphinx.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
4, 1936 (age 64 years, 101
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
26, 1833.
Son of Asahel Newton Bliss and Irene Borden (Luther) Bliss.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; banker; New York
Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 78 years, 256
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Butler Ogden (1805-1877) —
also known as William B. Ogden —
of Delaware
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Walton, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 15,
1805.
Member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1835; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1837-38.
Died August 3,
1877 (age 72 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Vito Anthony Marcantonio (1902-1954) —
also known as Vito Marcantonio —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
10, 1902.
Son of Samuel Marcantonio and Angelina (De Dobitis) Marcantonio.
Lawyer;
campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Fiorello
H. LaGuardia, 1924-32; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-37, 1939-51 (20th District
1935-37, 1939-45, 18th District 1945-51); defeated, 1936, 1950;
American Labor candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949; New York American Labor Party state
chair, 1949.
Catholic.
Member, United
World Federalists; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Fell dead, after coming up the subway stairs, on Broadway by City
Hall Park, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 9,
1954 (age 51 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Paul Morton (1857-1911) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 22,
1857.
Son of Julius
Sterling Morton.
Republican. U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1904-05; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1911 (age 53 years, 273
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Warren Nye (1814-1876) —
also known as James W. Nye —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., June 10,
1814.
Republican. Madison
County Surrogate, 1844-47; Madison
County Judge, 1847-51; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1848; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1860;
Governor
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1864-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1870-.
Died in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
25, 1876 (age 62 years, 198
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) —
also known as William A. Clark —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born near Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., January
8, 1839.
Son of John Clark and Mary (Andrews) Clark.
Democrat. Banker; mine owner;
delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidate
for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1892,
1904;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
1925 (age 86 years, 53
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Edward Oliver Wolcott (1848-1905) —
also known as Edward O. Wolcott —
of Denver,
Colo.; Wolhurst, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., March 26,
1848.
Republican. Member of Colorado state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1889-1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1904.
Died in Monte Carlo, Monaco,
March
1, 1905 (age 56 years, 340
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Watson Webb (1802-1884) —
also known as J. Watson Webb —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1802.
Republican. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Austria, 1849-50; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1856
(speaker);
U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1861-69.
Died in 1884
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hiram Barney (1811-1895) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 30,
1811.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1840; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York, 1848;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1861-64.
Died in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., May 18,
1895 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1867.
Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara (Myers) Guggenheim.
Republican. Mining and
smelting
business; Presidential Elector for Colorado, 1904;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Jewish.
Died November
2, 1941 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Ulrick Bay (1888-1955) —
also known as Charles U. Bay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
5, 1888.
Son of Jens Christopher Bay and Marie (Hauan) Bay.
Founder, Bay Company, manufacturer
of medical supplies; partner, A. M. Kidder & Co., stockbrokers;
founder, Bay Petroleum
Corporation; stockholder and director, New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad;
director, First National Bank and
Trust Company of Bridgeport; also involved with the Connecticut Railway
and Lighting
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1946-53.
Episcopalian.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
31, 1955 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1942
to Josephine Holt Perfect. |
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Martin Wiley Littleton (1872-1934) —
also known as Martin W. Littleton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Kingston, Roane
County, Tenn., February
12, 1872.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Littleton and Hannah (Ingraham) Littleton.
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1904-05; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1911-13.
Died in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
19, 1934 (age 62 years, 310
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Samuel Rossiter Betts (1787-1868) —
of New York.
Born in Richmond, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 8,
1787.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1815-17; circuit judge
in New York, 1823-26; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1826-67;
resigned 1867.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1868 (age 81 years, 147
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Richard Busteed (1822-1898) —
Born in County Cavan, Ireland,
February
16, 1822.
Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, 1863-74;
resigned 1874; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1863-74;
resigned 1874; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1863-74;
resigned 1874.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1898 (age 76 years, 210
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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George Scott Graham (1850-1931) —
also known as George S. Graham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Philadelphia
County District Attorney, 1880-98; law
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1892,
1916
(alternate), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4,
1931 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. (1889-1950) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1889.
Son of Charles
Evans Hughes and Antoinette (Carter) Hughes.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Solicitor General,
1929-30; director, New York Life Insurance
Company.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1950 (age 60 years, 52
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Bruckner (1871-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Son of John A. Bruckner and Katharine (Schmidt) Bruckner.
Democrat. President, Bruckner Beverages;
director, Milton Realty
Co.; director, American Metal Cap Co.; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1901; New York
City Commissioner of Public Works, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1913-17; resigned
1917; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1918-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks.
In 1932, the Seabury investigating committee, looking into corruption
in New York City, called him to testify about the wealth he had
accumulated; at the conclusion of the investigation, the committee called for
his removal as Borough President. The Bruckner Expressway in the
Bronx is named for
him.
Died, from chronic
nephritis, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April 14,
1942 (age 70 years, 301
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (1863-1946) —
also known as Benjamin L. Fairchild —
of Pelham, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Sweden, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
5, 1863.
Son of Benjamin Fairchild (1829-1897) and Calista (Schaeffer)
Fairchild (1836-1921).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-97, 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27
(16th District 1895-97, 24th District 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27);
defeated, 1896 (Independent, 16th District), 1918 (24th District),
1922 (24th District), 1926 (24th District), 1928 (24th District),
1930 (24th District).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
25, 1946 (age 83 years, 293
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Elijah Ward (1816-1882) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1816.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1857-59, 1861-65, 1875-77 (7th
District 1857-59, 1861-63, 6th District 1863-65, 8th District
1875-77).
Died in 1882
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Royal Hurlburt Weller (1881-1929) —
also known as Royal H. Weller —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1923-29; died in
office 1929; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1929 (age 47 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Louis F. Haffen (1854-1935) —
of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., November
6, 1854.
Son of Mathias Haffen and Catherine (Hayes) Haffen.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; engineer, New York City Department of Parks, 1883-93;
commissioner of street improvement in Annexed Territory (Bronx),
1893-98; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909; removed from
office by Gov. Charles
Evans Hughes over maladministration
charges,
1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Tammany
Hall.
Haffen Park, Bronx, is named for
him.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
25, 1935 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
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Addison Brown (1830-1913) —
of New York.
Born in West Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., February
21, 1830.
Son of Addison Brown and Catherine Babson (Griffin) Brown.
Lawyer;
botanist;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1881-1901;
retired 1901.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1913 (age 83 years, 47
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Coats Auchincloss (1885-1976) —
also known as James C. Auchincloss —
of Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
19, 1885.
Son of Edgar Stirling Auchincloss (1847-1892) and Maria LeGrange
(Sloan) Auchincloss.
Republican. Mayor of Rumson, N.J., 1938-43; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1943-65.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., October
2, 1976 (age 91 years, 257
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) —
also known as Elizabeth Cady —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
12, 1815.
Daughter of Daniel
Cady and Margaret Chinn (Livingston) Cady.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1868.
Female.
Died, of heart
failure, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1902 (age 86 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Frederick Morgan Davenport (1866-1956) —
also known as Frederick M. Davenport —
of Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., August
27, 1866.
Son of David Davenport and Annie L. (Green) Davenport.
College
professor; member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1909-10, 1919-24; Progressive
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; Progressive candidate for Governor of
New York, 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1925-33; defeated
(Republican), 1932, 1934.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1956 (age 90 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870) —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1799.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1826, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1833-37, 1839-41.
Died in 1870
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (1848-1904) —
also known as Ashbel P. Fitch —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y., October
8, 1848.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-93 (13th District 1887-93,
15th District 1893); resigned 1893; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1904 (age 55 years, 209
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Michael Kieran Reilly (1869-1944) —
also known as Michael K. Reilly —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis.
Born in Empire, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 15,
1869.
Son of Michael Reilly and Margaret (Phelan) Reilly.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1913-17, 1930-39;
defeated, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Elks; Moose.
Died October
14, 1944 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Joseph Clark Baldwin III (1897-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
11, 1897.
Son of Joseph Clark Baldwin and Fanny (Taylor) Baldwin.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; business
executive; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1935-36; defeated (Republican), 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1941-47; defeated
(American Labor), 1946.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1957 (age 60 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Philip Burrill Low (1836-1912) —
also known as Philip B. Low —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1898.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1912 (age 76 years, 109
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Butler Hornblower (1851-1914) —
also known as William B. Hornblower —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., May 13,
1851.
Son of William
Henry Hornblower.
Lawyer;
judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1914; appointed 1914; died in
office 1914.
Died, from myocarditis,
in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 16,
1914 (age 63 years, 34
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Waldo Hutchins (1822-1891) —
of Kings
County, N.Y.; Kingsbridge, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Windham
County, Conn., September
30, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1852; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1879-85.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1891 (age 68 years, 131
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Joseph Lanzetta (1894-1956) —
also known as James J. Lanzetta —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
21, 1894.
U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1933-35, 1937-39;
defeated, 1934 (Law Preservation), 1938 (Democratic), 1940
(Democratic); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1940;
state court judge in New York, 1948.
Died October
27, 1956 (age 61 years, 311
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Horace Francis Clark (1815-1873) —
also known as Horace F. Clark —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Southbury, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1815.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1857-61.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1873 (age 57 years, 202
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Albertson Willis (1840-1886) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1840.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1875-79.
Died in 1886
(age about
46 years).
Original interment at Friends
Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron Steel
Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 27,
1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Cyrus Chace Miller (c.1867-1956) —
also known as Cyrus C. Miller —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., about 1867.
Son of Jacob F. Miller.
Lawyer;
borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1910-13.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1956 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Bussing Haskin (1821-1895) —
of Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
27, 1821.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1857-61.
Died September
18, 1895 (age 74 years, 22
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Andrew Jackson Rogers (1828-1900) —
also known as Andrew J. Rogers —
of Newton, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1828.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1863-67.
Died in 1900
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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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.
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Charles Waldron Buckley (1835-1906) —
also known as C. W. Buckley —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
18, 1835.
Republican. Chaplain in Union Army, Civil War; banker; insurance
business; mining
business; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1868-73; probate judge
in Alabama, 1874-78; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1896,
1900.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
4, 1906 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Wheeler (1823-1906) —
of New York.
Born in Connecticut, 1823.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1853-57.
Died in 1906
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William McAdoo (1853-1930) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Ireland,
October
25, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
Gibbs McAdoo (no relation); member of New Jersey state
legislature, 1882; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1883-91.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 7,
1930 (age 76 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry John Seaman (1805-1861) —
also known as Henry J. Seaman —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Marshland (now Greenridge), Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., April 16,
1805.
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1845-47.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 3,
1861 (age 56 years, 17
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Walter Underhill (1795-1866) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1795.
U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1849-51.
Died in 1866
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Robert William Bonynge (1863-1939) —
also known as Robert W. Bonynge —
of Denver,
Colo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1863.
Son of Robert Bonynge and Susan (Burchell) Bonynge.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1893-94; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1904-09; defeated,
1900.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1939 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Earle Dodge (1805-1883) —
also known as William E. Dodge —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
4, 1805.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1865-67.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1883 (age 77 years, 158
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Josiah Sutherland (1804-1887) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1804.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1851-53; state court
judge in New York, 1857.
Died in 1887
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Adams (1824-1902) —
also known as Charles H. Adams —
of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y., April 10,
1824.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1858; mayor of
Cohoes, N.Y., 1870-72; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1872;
member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1875-77; defeated,
1876.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1902 (age 78 years, 249
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Ausburn Birdsall (1814-1903) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otego, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
13, 1814.
Son of Michael Calkins Birdsall (1775-1863) and Wealthy (Webster)
Birdsall (1782-1860).
Democrat. Lawyer; Broome
County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1847-49.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1903 (age 88 years, 239
days).
Original interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.; reinterment in 1910 at
Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James George Donovan (1898-1987) —
also known as James G. Donovan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., December
15, 1898.
Member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1943; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1951-57; defeated
(Republican), 1956; Republican candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1958.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1987 (age 88 years, 112
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (1858-1908) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1858.
Son of August
Belmont (1816-1890) and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont.
Democrat. Financier;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of infections
following surgery for appendicitis,
in Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1908 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hervey Chittenden Calkin (1828-1913) —
of New York.
Born in Malden, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 23,
1828.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1869-71.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April 20,
1913 (age 85 years, 28
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Philip Henry Dugro (1855-1920) —
also known as P. Henry Dugro —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; hotelier;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1879; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1881-83; superior
court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1920.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1920 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Samuel McMillan (1850-1924) —
of Lake Mahopac, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Dromore, County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), August 6,
1850.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1907-09.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 6,
1924 (age 73 years, 274
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Joseph Rowan (1870-1930) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1919-21.
Died in 1930
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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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.
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Robert Moses (1888-1981) —
also known as "The Great Builder" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
18, 1888.
Son of Emanuel Moses and Isabella C. Moses.
Republican. Secretary of
state of New York, 1927-28; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1938;
as head of multiple state and city agencies, led the building of
dozens of major projects, including highways, bridges, parks, and
public housing.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of heart
disease, in West Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 29,
1981 (age 92 years, 223
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery; statue at Village
Hall Grounds, Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
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De Witt Clinton Flanagan (1870-1946) —
also known as De Witt C. Flanagan —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1902-03; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1904.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
15, 1946 (age 75 years, 18
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss, Jr. (1874-1949) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 13,
1874.
Son of Cornelius
Newton Bliss (1833-1911) and Elizabeth Mary (Plummer) Bliss
(1837-1923).
Republican. Business
executive; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1949 (age 74 years, 357
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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George Landon Ingraham (1847-1931) —
also known as George L. Ingraham —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 1,
1847.
Son of Daniel
Phoenix Ingraham (1804-1881) and Mary (Landon) Ingraham.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Alton
B. Parker, Edward
W. Hatch, William
F. Sheehan (1916-17), and Alfred
R. Page (1923-25); superior court judge in New York, 1883-91; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1891-1915; appointed 1891;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1896-1915.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1931 (age 83 years, 176
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Francis Martin (c.1878-1947) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1878.
Democrat. Bronx
County District Attorney, 1914-20; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1921-45; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department,
1933-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1938.
Catholic.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 1,
1947 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Jesse Sherwood Cooper, Jr. (1899-1971) —
of Delaware.
Born near Dover, Kent
County, Del., 1899.
Democrat. Delaware
state auditor, 1927; Delaware
state treasurer, 1945.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
In 1950, quietly helped Sen. John
J. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service, but his role was not disclosed until after his death. The
Jesse S. Cooper Building in Dover, Del. was named for
him by the state of Delaware in 1971.
Died in 1971
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Alonzo Bell (d. 1906) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1895;
candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1897.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1906.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Irwin Untermyer (b. 1886) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1886.
Son of Samuel
Untermyer.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-45; defeated, 1919;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1940-45.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Douglas H. Grieve (c.1881-1951) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1881.
Republican. Engineer;
candidate for New York
state senate 21st District, 1928; candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1937.
Protestant.
Died, in Westchester Square Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
13, 1951 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1804-1881) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1804.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1857-74.
Died December
12, 1881 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, June 27,
1805.
Son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton.
Journalist;
orator;
lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Peter August Hatting (1867-1933) —
also known as Peter A. Hatting —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-33; died in office 1933.
German
ancestry.
Died, from diabetes
and osteomyelitis
and complications from the amputation of his left leg, in
Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1933 (age 65 years, 105
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1874-1934) —
also known as Phoenix Ingraham —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1874.
Son of George
Landon Ingraham.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-34; died in office
1934.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 30,
1934 (age 59 years, 189
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Clarence J. Shearn —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Independence League candidate for Governor of
New York, 1908; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916; defeated, 1911.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Bartow Sumter Weeks (1861-1922) —
also known as Bartow S. Weeks —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Round Hill, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 25,
1861.
Son of Henry Astor Weeks (1822-1891) and Aletha (White) Weeks
(1826-1901).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of George
Gordon Battle and H.
Snowden Marshall; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1898; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916-22; died in office 1922.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
3, 1922 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Astor Weeks (1822-1891) and Aletha (White) Weeks
(1826-1901); married 1900 to
Antoinette Mataran (died 1900); married 1901 to Emma B.
Sears (1863-1917); married 1918 to
Josephine (de Martigny) Smith (c.1878-1939). |
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Paul M. Crandell (c.1877-1935) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1877.
Lawyer;
mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1934-35; appointed 1934; nominated, but
died before the election 1935; died in office 1935.
After completing a speech at a meeting
of the New Rochelle Teachers Club, at Albert Leonard Junior High
School, suffered a heart
attack and died, from coronary
thrombosis, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
23, 1935 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John B. Davidson (1855-1932) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
February
22, 1855.
Architect;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1914; defeated (State Tax), 1922.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
20, 1932 (age 76 years, 363
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Cameron. |
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Fred A. Potts —
of Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Member of New Jersey
state senate from Hunterdon County, 1874-76.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hamilton Fish Potter (1901-1978) —
also known as Hamilton F. Potter —
of Smithtown Branch, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., July 29,
1901.
Republican. Accountant;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1929-36;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972.
Died in 1978
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Guy Van Amrige (1868-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Son of Howard Van Amrige (died 1915; Dean of Columbia College).
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908;
magistrate.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of appendicitis,
in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1936 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Son of Isadore Untermyer and Therese Untermyer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March 16,
1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Robert Walton Goelet (1880-1941) —
also known as Robert W. Goelet; Bertie
Goelet —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 19,
1880.
Son of Robert Goelet (born 1841) and Harriette Louise (Warren)
Goelet.
Republican. One of New York's wealthiest men, he inherited $60
million by 1902; director of banks, the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Corporation, and the Union Pacific Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1936.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1941 (age 61 years, 44
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907).
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of New
York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull and
Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) —
also known as Carrie Lane; Carrie Chapman —
of Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., January
9, 1859.
Daughter of Lucius Lane and Maria (Clinton) Lane.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; president, National American Woman Suffrage
Association, 1900-04 (succeeding Susan B. Anthony) and 1915-20;
founder of the League of Women Voters; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters.
Died, from a heart
attack, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 9,
1947 (age 88 years, 59
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Generoso Pope (1891-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born April 1,
1891.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate); candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Publisher of Il Progresso, the largest-circulation
Italian-language newspaper
in the U.S. His son, Generoso Pope Jr., was the creator of the
National Enquirer.
Died April 28,
1950 (age 59 years, 27
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Mary Stillman Harkness (1874-1950) —
also known as Mary Stillman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 4,
1874.
Daughter of Thomas Edgar Stillman and Elizabeth (Greenman) Stillman.
Philanthropist; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1950 (age 75 years, 337
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, November
15, 1904, to Edward Stephen Harkness (1874-1940; financier, son
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Elsie Cryder Woodward (1883-1981) —
also known as Elsie C. Woodward; Elizabeth Ogden
Cryder; Mrs. William Woodward —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1883.
Daughter of Duncan Cryder (1843-1913; tea importer) and Elizabeth
(Ogden) Cryder (died 1915).
Philanthropist; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1981 (age 97 years, 204
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Woodward III (1944-1999) —
also known as Woody Woodward —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 24,
1944.
Son of Ann Eden (Crowell) Woodward (1915-1975) and William 'Billy'
Woodward (1920-1955).
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; magazine
publisher; candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1978.
Jumped
from the kitchen window of his apartment, and fell to his
death fourteen stories below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1999 (age 54 years, 282
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Salvatore Ninfo —
of New York.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1922.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Isidor Straus (1845-1912) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otterberg, Germany,
February
6, 1845.
Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara Straus.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.
Jewish.
One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in New
York.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamship Titanic, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, April 15,
1912 (age 67 years, 69
days); his body was subsequently recovered.
Originally entombed at Beth-El
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; later interred at Woodlawn Cemetery;
memorial monument at Straus
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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