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Maxwell M. Rabb (b. 1910) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Son of Solomon Rabb and Rose (Kostick) Rabb.
Republican. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937-43, and U.S. Sen. Sinclair
Weeks, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Rand, Jr. (b. 1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1926.
Son of William Rand and Barbara (Burr) Rand.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1962; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1964.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 7,
1907.
Son of Herman P. Rankin and Lois (Gable) Rankin.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General,
1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City
Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 28,
1996 (age 88 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lynn Ransom (b. 1883) —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Harmony town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 20,
1883.
Son of Nelson Fullam Ransom and Rose (Wiltsie) Ransom.
Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1916.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Peter Rao (b. 1899) —
also known as Paul P. Rao —
Born in Prizzi, Italy,
June
15, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1948.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Son of Dr. John A. Reed and Frances (Forman) Reed.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1935-38; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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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, Bronx, N.Y.
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Giles Sutherland Rich (b. 1904) —
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 30,
1904.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1956-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Riegelman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
19, 1892.
Son of Isaac Riegelman and Bertha (Meyer) Riegelman.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1922; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1952,
1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Zeta
Beta Tau; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward J. Riegelmann (1869-1941) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1869.
Son of Frederick Riegelmann and Margaret Riegelmann.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 4th District, 1908; Kings
County Sheriff, 1916-17; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1918-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1925-39.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
16, 1941 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Wade Rogers (1853-1926) —
also known as Henry W. Rogers —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Holland Patent, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
10, 1853.
Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1913-26; died in
office 1926.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died August
16, 1926 (age 72 years, 310
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) —
also known as William P. Rogers —
Born in Norfolk, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 23,
1913.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1957-61; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of the
Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1973.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
2, 2001 (age 87 years, 193
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Elihu Root (1845-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
15, 1845.
Son of Prof. Oren Root and Nancy Whitney (Buttrick) Root.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1883-85; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1899-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904
(Temporary
Chair), 1912;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1905-09; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1909-15; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union
League; American
Society for International Law; American Bar Association;
American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1937 (age 91 years, 358
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.
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Ely Rosenberg (b. 1876) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1876.
Son of Louis Rosenberg and Fannie (Kroner) Rosenberg.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1898; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916;
candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1924.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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V. Henry Rothschild II (1908-1991) —
of Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1908.
Son of Victor Sidney Rothschild and Lily (Sulzberger) Rothschild.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1956;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1959.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1991 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry D. Sanders (1874-1953) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Stafford, Genesee
County, N.Y., September
27, 1874.
Son of Edwin B. Sanders and Belle (Douglas) Sanders.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in 1953
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Stafford
Rural Cemetery, Stafford, N.Y.
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Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1905.
Son of Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;
prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Surrogate S.
Samuel DiFalco, on bribery
and perjury
charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son;
the charges were later dismissed.
Died, of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1977 (age 71 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Schaap —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Progressive. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1913.
Jewish.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1873.
Son of Rev. William Jones Seabury and Alice Van Wyck (Beare) Seabury.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died May 7,
1958 (age 85 years, 74
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Charles Brown Sears (b. 1870) —
also known as Charles B. Sears —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
16, 1870.
Son of Hector Sears and Leora C. (Brown) Sears.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1917-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1922-33; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hector Sears and Leora C. (Brown) Sears; married, October
20, 1896, to Florence A. Gilbert (died 1939); married, November
24, 1946, to Mary V. Hun. |
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Whitney North Seymour, Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 7,
1923.
Son of Whitney North Seymour and Lola (Vickers) Seymour.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1966-68; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1970-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1976.
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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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Bernard L. Shientag (d. 1952) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; City
Court judge, 1924-30; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-52; died in office
1952; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
1st Department, 1949.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1952.
Burial
location unknown.
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Caroline Klein Simon —
also known as Caroline K. Simon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
state of New York, 1959-63; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1963-64.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1964.
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Stephen J. Spingarn (b. 1908) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
1, 1908.
Son of J. E. Spingarn and Amy Judith Spingarn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative assistant
to President Harry
Truman, 1949-50; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Political Science Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Luke D. Stapleton (b. 1869) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1869.
Son of Thomas Stapleton and Catharine (Quinn) Stapleton.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-17; appointed 1908;
resigned 1917; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York
Supreme Court, 1913-17.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950) —
also known as Laurence A. Steinhardt —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Sweden, 1933-37; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1937-39; Soviet Union, 1939-41; Turkey, 1942-45; Czechoslovakia, 1945-48; Canada, 1948-50, died in office 1950.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in a plane
crash near Ramsayville, Ontario,
March
28, 1950 (age 57 years, 173
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Max David Steuer (1871-1940) —
also known as Max D. Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
6, 1871.
Son of Aaron Steuer and Dinah (Goodman) Steuer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel,
Jackson, Carroll
County, N.H., August
21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Chester J. Straub (b. 1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
member of New York
state assembly 35th District, 1967-72; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1992.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Polish
National Alliance; Jaycees;
Lions.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives:
Married to Patricia Morrissey. |
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Harry D. Suitor (d. 1945) —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1934-45; died in
office 1945.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association.
Died March 25,
1945.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank P. Sullivan (b. 1862) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., March 7,
1862.
Son of Jeremiah Sullivan and Mary Sullivan.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-95; mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1907-11.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Wadsworth Symington (b. 1927) —
also known as James W. Symington —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
28, 1927.
Son of William
Stuart Symington.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1969-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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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, Bronx, N.Y.
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Ludwig Teller (1911-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1911.
Son of Morris Teller and Rose (Smolov) Teller.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1957-61; defeated,
1960, 1962.
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
4, 1965 (age 54 years, 104
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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John Hart Terry (b. 1924) —
also known as John H. Terry —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
14, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
assistant secretary to Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller, 1959-60; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-70 (Onondaga County 2nd District 1963-65,
134th District 1966, 121st District 1967-70); U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1971-73; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Purple
Heart; Holy
Name Society.
Still living as of 1998.
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Hiram Charles Todd (b. 1876) —
also known as Hiram C. Todd —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 17,
1876.
Son of Vernon Lawrence Todd and Anna Elizabeth (Tefft) Todd.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
law partner of Edgar
T. Brackett, 1917-22; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1921-22.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Speer Tubbs (1897-1982) —
also known as Robert S. Tubbs —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
23, 1897.
Son of Levi Tubbs and Myrtle (Speer) Tubbs.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 1st
District, 1961-62.
Protestant.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., December
11, 1982 (age 85 years, 322
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lorraine Joyce Burgess. |
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Sol Ullman (c.1893-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1893.
Son of Samuel Ullman and Kate Ullman.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1923; indicted
by a Federal grand jury in 1921 on charges
of conspiring to create a falsified income tax return for a
manufacturing company; a trial
resulted in a directed verdict of acquittal due to insufficient
evidence; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1928.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1939 on charges
of protecting a physician who performed illegal
abortions; in 1941, a dentist was convicted as Ullman's agent in
soliciting
protection money from physicians, and during the pendency of the
criminal charges, disbarment
proceedings were brought against him. However, he was never tried,
and his obituary states that he was "exonerated".
Died, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1941 (age about 48
years).
Entombed at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Esther or Estelle Blau. |
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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, Bronx, N.Y.
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Cyrus Roberts Vance (1917-2002) —
also known as Cyrus R. Vance —
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., March 27,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1977-80.
Member, American Bar Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at Mt. Sinai Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 2002 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland (b. 1915) —
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 11,
1915.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1975.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1983.
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Eric N. Vitaliano (b. 1948) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
27, 1948.
Lawyer;
law clerk for U.S. District Judge Mark
A. Costantino; chief of staff for U.S. Rep. John
M. Murphy; member of New York
state assembly, 1983-2001 (59th District 1983-92, 60th District
1993-2001).
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Coif; American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2001.
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Lowell Curtis Wadmond (1896-1986) —
also known as Lowell Wadmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., March 16,
1896.
Son of Christian George Wadmond and Celia (Jensen) Wadmond.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons.
Died September
25, 1986 (age 90 years, 193
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1864-1945) —
also known as J. Mayhew Wainwright —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Son of John Howard Wainwright and Margaret Livingston (Stuyvesant)
Wainwright.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New York
state assembly, 1902-08 (Westchester County 2nd District 1902-06,
Westchester County 4th District 1907-08); alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1909-12; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S. Assistant Secretary of War, 1921-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1923-31; director,
Rye National Bank;
trustee, St. Luke's Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Psi; American Bar Association.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 3,
1945 (age 80 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Son of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1900; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alton Ronald Waldon, Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Alton R. Waldon, Jr. —
of Cambria Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., December
21, 1936.
Son of Alton R. Waldon, Sr. and Juanita (Wallace) Waldon.
Democrat. Professional
singer; police
officer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 33rd District, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1996
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1986-87; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 2000.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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John M. Walker, Jr. (b. 1940) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
26, 1940.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1985-89; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1989-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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William J. Wallin (1879-1963) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
17, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks;
American Bar Association.
Fell
from the window of his room, and was found dead on the lawn, at the
Saw Mill River Nursing
Home, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 7,
1963 (age 84 years, 140
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William E. Walsh (b. 1903) —
of Coos Bay, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
29, 1903.
Son of William E. Walsh and Mary (Schneider) Walsh.
Republican. Lawyer; Coos
County District Attorney, 1931-33; member of Oregon
state senate, 1941-51; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1952;
co-owner, Radio
Station KWRO, Coquille, Ore.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Delta Theta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Galbraith Ward (1851-1933) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 19,
1851.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1907-21.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died August
24, 1933 (age 82 years, 127
days).
Interment somewhere
in Shelter Island, Long Island, N.Y.
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Earle S. Warner (b. 1880) —
of Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Phelps town, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
12, 1880.
Son of Henry D. Warner.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1933-45 (43rd District 1933-44, 48th District
1945); resigned 1945; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1945-49; appointed 1945.
Member, Elks; Exchange
Club; Grange;
American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) —
also known as James L. Whitley —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1919-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Union
League.
Died in 1959
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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John Carroll Young (b. 1904) —
of Fayetteville, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Manlius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March 29,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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